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Chapter 7: Q2CP (page 289)

How many joules of energy can you store in a spring whose stiffness is, 0.6 N/m by starting from a relaxed spring and stretching it 20cm?

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A spring having0.6 N/m stiffness and starting to stretch it from a relaxed position upto 20 cm can store0.012 J of energy.

Step by step solution

01

Given Information

Stiffness of spring K=0.6 N/m,length of spring stretched =20×10-2m.

02

Definition of Potential Energy

The energy owned by a body as a result of its position, shape, or change of configuration is called as potential energy.

The potential energy is given by,

Us=12Ks2

Here k is spring constant and sis distance from equilibrium

03

Energy calculation for the spring

In this case, all that’s need to be done is apply the concept of elastic potential energy to figure out how much energy would be stored in a spring with the specified properties.

Substitute k=0.6N/mands=20×10-2minto the formula of potential energy.

Us=120.6N/m20×10-2m21J1N.m=0.012J

Therefore,0.012J of energy can be stored in a spring having stiffness of 0.6 N/m.

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