Hello!
A stretched spring has 5184 J of elastic potential energy and a spring constant of 16,200 N/m. What is the displacement of the spring?
0.57 m
0.64 m
0.80 m
1.25 m
Data:
[tex]E_{pe}\:(elastic\:potential\:energy) = 5184\:J[/tex]
[tex]K\:(constant) = 16200\:N/m[/tex]
[tex]x\:(displacement) =\:?[/tex]
For a spring (or an elastic), the elastic potential energy is calculated by the following expression:
[tex]E_{pe} = \dfrac{k*x^2}{2}[/tex]
Where k represents the elastic constant of the spring (or elastic) and x the deformation or displacement suffered by the spring.
Solving:
[tex]E_{pe} = \dfrac{k*x^2}{2}[/tex]
[tex]5184 = \dfrac{16200*x^2}{2}[/tex]
[tex]5184*2 = 16200*x^2[/tex]
[tex]10368 = 16200\:x^2[/tex]
[tex]16200\:x^2 = 10368[/tex]
[tex]x^{2} = \dfrac{10368}{16200}[/tex]
[tex]x^{2} = 0.64[/tex]
[tex]x = \sqrt{0.64}[/tex]
[tex]\boxed{\boxed{x = 0.8\:m}}\end{array}}\qquad\checkmark[/tex]
Answer:
The displacement of the spring = 0.8 m (or 0.80 m)
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