If there is a negative sign in front of the Hooke's Law equation, what does the force, F, represent?

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SashulF [63]3 years ago

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Answer:

Hooke's law, given by $F=-kx$ is denoted with a negative sign to regard that the direction of restoring force that occurs opposite in direction of the force that caused the displacement $x$ . F represents the force required to create a spring displacement of $x$ .

Explanation:

As with many things in physics, the negative sign represents direction. In this case, after a spring is displaced a distance of $x$ from equilibrium, the restoring force created by the spring will be in opposite direction of the force applied to move the spring there, represented by F.

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