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Xelga [282]
3 years ago
10

A 50 g mass hanger hangs motionless from a partially stretched spring. When a 80 gram mass is added to the hanger, the spring st

retch increases by 8 cm. What is the spring constant of the spring (in N/m)
Physics
1 answer:
Brut [27]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

k = 9.807\,\frac{N}{m}

Explanation:

The description of both systems can be done by means of the following two equations of equilibrium:

\Sigma F = k\cdot x - (0.05\,kg)\cdot (9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}} )=0

\Sigma F = k \cdot (x + 0.08\,m) - (0.13\,kg)\cdot (9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}} ) = 0

By diving the first expression by the second one, the following relation is found:

\frac{x}{x + 0.08\,m}=\frac{0.05\,kg}{0.13\,kg}

x = 0.385\cdot (x+0.08\,m)

0.615\cdot x = 0.031\,m

The initial elongation of the spring is:

x = 0.05\,m

The spring constant is found by substituting known variable in any of the two equations of equilibrium. For comfort and quickness reasons, the first formula is used:

k = \frac{(0.05\,kg)\cdot (9.807\,\frac{m}{s^{2}} )}{0.05\,m}

k = 9.807\,\frac{N}{m}

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