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A body weighing falls and strikes a per inch spring. What is the deformation of the spring in inches.
Hint : Deformation is a unit of length.
The answer is 3.
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1 solution
It's important to note that :
Work done by the body = Work done by the spring
F d = ( 1 / 2 ) k x 2
1 0 0 0 ( 6 + x ) = ( 1 / 2 ) ( 2 0 0 0 ) x 2 ) where x is the deformation.
Solving for x yields 3 "