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Digital ACT Science Practice Question #1491

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A physics lab applied varying tensile forces to a steel spring and measured the resulting displacement x from equilibrium: - Force = 2.0 N: Displacement = 4.0 cm - Force = 4.0 N: Displacement = 8.1 cm - Force = 6.0 N: Displacement = 12.0 cm - Force = 8.0 N: Displacement = 15.9 cm According to Hooke's Law (F = k*x), what is the spring constant k of this spring?
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k = F / x = 2.0 / 4.0 = 0.50 N/cm.

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K = F / x. In each trial, 2.0 / 4.0 = 0.50 N/cm; 4.0 / 8.1 = 0.49 N/cm; 6.0 / 12.0 = 0.50 N/cm....

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