A force of 40 N is required to hold a spring that has been stretched from its natural length of 10 cm to a length of 15 cm. How

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much work is done in stretching the spring from 15 cm to 18 cm

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Sati [7] · Answer 1 · 2023-10-01T18:54:38+03:00

0.36 J of work is done in stretching the spring from 15 cm to 18 cm.

To find the correct answer, we need to know about the work done to strech a string.

<h3>What is the work required to strech a string?</h3>

<h3>What will be the spring constant, if 40N force is required to hold a 10 cm to 15 cm streched spring?</h3>

The force experienced by a streched spring is given as Kx. x is the length of the spring streched from its natural length.
Then K = Force / x.
Here x = 15 - 10 = 5 cm = 0.05 m
K = 40/0.05 = 800N/m.

<h3>What will be the work required to strech that spring from 15 cm to 18 cm?</h3>

Thus, we can conclude that the work done is 0.36 J.

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