College Physics : Spring Force
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Example Question #1 : Spring Force
A 
This questions requires an understanding of the conversion of gravitational potential energy to potential energy stored in the compression of a spring. The ball's initial potential energy is 
Example Question #12 : Forces
A block with mass 
The new equilibrium position will be where the spring force is opposite in direction and equal in magnitude to the gravitational force on the mass. This occurs where 
Example Question #62 : College Physics
Supposed that an object attached to a spring with a spring constant of 
The first step in answering this question is to recognize that we're dealing with two components of a spring; force and energy. Hence, we'll need to utilize both equations. Because both of them share the term for the displacement of the object, that will be the variable that links the two expressions.
Having isolated the variable for displacement, we can plug this value into the force equation.
Now, we can plug in the values given to us in the question stem.
Note that the negative sign shown here indicates the direction of the force. This is because the force is acting in the direction opposite the displacement of the object. Since the question stem asks for the magnitude of force, we don't need to include the negative sign in our answer.
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