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A 0.20 kg mass attached to the end of a spring causes it to stretch 3.0 cm. What is the spring constant? What is the potential e

nergy of the spring?

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Given that the mass is m = 0.2 kg and the displacement is x = 3 cm = 0.03 m

We have to find the spring constant and potential energy.

The spring constant can be calculated by the formula

$\begin{gathered} F=\text{ kx} \\ mg\text{ = kx} \\ k\text{ = }\frac{mg}{x} \end{gathered}$

Here, k is the spring constant.

g = 9.8 m/s^2 is the acceleration due to gravity.

Substituting the values, the spring constant will be

$\begin{gathered} k=\frac{0.2\times9.8}{0.03} \\ =\text{ 65.33 N/m } \end{gathered}$

The potential energy can be calculated as

$\begin{gathered} U=\frac{1}{2}kx^2 \\ =\frac{1}{2}\times65.33\text{ }\times(0.03)^2 \\ =\text{ 0.0293 J} \end{gathered}$

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