Potential energy in spring
If it takes of work to stretch a Hooke's law spring from its unstretched(original) length, determine the extra work required to stretch it an additional
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1 solution
4=(1/2)k(10)^2
=>k=8/100
Final work done =(1/2)(8/100)(20)^2
=16J
Additional work done =16-4=12J