When light hits a red wagon, some of the energy is absorbed and ______.
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Answer:
The same amount of energy is required to either stretch or compress the spring.
Explanation:
The amount of energy required to stretch or compress a spring is equal to the elastic potential energy stored by the spring:
where
k is the spring constant
is the stretch/compression of the spring
In the first case, the spring is stretched from x=0 to x=d, so
and the amount of energy required is
In the second case, the spring is compressed from x=0 to x=-d, so
and the amount of energy required is
so we see that the amount of energy required is the same.