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Grade 11General Physics

An elastic spring of unstretched length l and force constant K is stretched by amount x it is further stretched by another length y the work done in the second stretching is

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
Dear Balbir
 
Potential energy stored, when it is extended by x, is
U1= (1/2) k *x²
Potential energy stored, when it is further extended by y, is
U2 = (1/2) k* (x+y)²
Work done = U2 - U1
= (1/2) k [x² +y² + 2xy - x²]
= (1/2) k*y ( 2x +y)
 
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