Editor Staff asked 1 year ago
What is the increase in potential energy storage when the compression distance is doubled in a spring obeying Hooke’s law?
(a) No increase
(b) 100% increase
(c) Cannot be determined
(d) 4 times
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This key question is from The Potential Energy of a Spring topic in section Work, Energy and Power of Physics – Class 11
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Editor Staff answered 1 year ago
Correct answer is (d) 4 times
To explain: PE = 1/2 x k x d^2
The elastic potential energy stored is directly proportional to the square of the compression. Hence, a two-fold increase in compression will result in potential energy storage to increase by four times.
