Question

A 150kg person stands on a compression spring with spring constant 10, 000 N/m and norminal.Length of 0.50.What is the togal length of the loaded spring?

Answer 1

Answer:

Total length of spring 0.647 m

Explanation:

We have given mass of the person m = 150 kg

Acceleration due to gravity $g=9.8m/sec^2$

Spring constant k = 10000 N/m

Nominal length of spring = 0.50

According to hook's law

$mg=kx$

$150\times 9.8=10000\times x$

x = 0.147 m

So total length of spring = 0.50+0.147 = 0.647 m