Two carts connected by a 0.50 m spring hit a wall, compressing the spring to 0.25 m. If the spring constant k is 200 N/m, then the elastic potential energy stored from the spring's compression would be 6.25 J.
What is the spring constant?
The spring constant is used to define the stiffness of the spring, the greater the value of the spring constant stiffer the spring and it is more difficult to stretch the spring.
The mathematical relation for calculating the spring constant is as follows
F = - Kx
as given in the problem Two carts connected by a 0.50 m spring hit a wall, compressing the spring to 0.25 m. If the spring constant k is 200 N/m,
The elastic potential energy stored is given by
E = 1/2 kx²
=0.5×200×0.25²
=6.25 J
Thus, the elastic potential energy stored from the spring's compression would be 6.25 J.
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