Every spring has an equilibrium position. Which statements describe a spring at its equilibrium position? Check all that
2 answers:
Answer:
The elastic potential energy is zero.
The net force acting on the spring is zero.
Explanation:
The equilibrium position of a spring is the position that the spring has when its neither compressed nor stretched - it is also called natural length of the spring.
Let's now analyze the different statements:
The spring constant is zero. --> false. The spring constant is never zero.
The elastic potential energy is at a maximum --> false. The elastic potential energy of a spring is given by
where k is the spring constant and x the displacement. Therefore, the elastic potential energy is maximum when x, the displacement, is maximum.
The elastic potential energy is zero. --> true. As we saw from the equation above, the elastic potential energy is zero when the displacement is zero (at the equilibrium position).
The displacement of the spring is at a maxi num --> false, for what we said above
The net force acting on the spring is zero. --> true, as the spring is neither compressed nor stretched
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