Example:

1. A spring is stretched by a force of 200N so that the extension of the spring

is 5 cm
(a) What is the value of spring constant?
(b) Calculate the elastic potential energy

200N

(c) If three springs of the same kind are arranged as shown

what is the total extension of spring, x

200N

Activities
1. A load of 2.5 N extends a spring A by 20 cm. Find the spring constant, k.

2. The original length of a spring is 10 cm. With a load of mass 300 g, the length of the spring
is extended to 16 cm.
a. What is the length of the spring with a load of 400 g?

b. What is the load required to extend the spring to 19 cm?

3. A spring is compressed with a force of 300 N. If the potential energy

store is 0.6 J,
a. what is the compression of the spring?

b. determine the spring constant.

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OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS.

1. Which of the following describe Hooke’s Law ?

A Acceleration is proportional to the force applied.
B The extension of a spring is directly proportional to the applied force
provided that the elastic limit is not exceeded.
C The total momentum of a system is conserved provided there are no
external forces.
D The total energy of a system is conserved.

2. A spring produces an extension of 4.0 cm when a stretching force of 1.2 N is applied to

it.What is the elastic constant of the spring?
A 30 Nm-1 C 60 Nm-1
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B 40 Nm

3. A spring is 30.0 cm long when a load of 10 N is hanging from it,and 40 cm long when a load
of 20N is hanging from it. What is the length of a spring when there is no load on it?
A 10.0 cm C 30.0 cm
B 20.0 cm D 40.0 cm

4. How much work is required to compressed a spring with a spring constant of 50 Nm -1 by

20.0 cm?
A 1.0 J D 20.0 J
B 5.0 J E 25.0 J
C 10.0 J

5. Figure 5 is a graph of force against compression of spring for a spring

system. Force F/N

Compression x(cm)
0 2 4 6 8
The elastic potential energy in the spring when the spring is compressed
6.0 cm is:
A 0.03 J D 0.18 J
B 0.06 J E 0.21 J
C 0.09 J

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Exercises when tested with a load of 1 kg. What is the
extension of the system if the load is 10 kg?
1. A spring extends 3 cm when it is hung with a A 3.33 cm
10g mass. Find the total extension of each B 16.7 cm
spring systems shown in figures. C 50 cm
D 150 cm

4. Two non identical springs as

shown in Figure 13 are connected
in series. Spring A can extend 5
cm when 1 kg load is applied
while spring B can extend 4 cm
when 2 kg load is applied. What
is the mass of the load if the total
extension is 14 cm?
A 1kg C 3 kg
B 2kg D 4 kg
5. A spring in its original form is 15 cm in length
as shown in Figure 14. When a load of 500 g is
placed on top of it, the length of the spring
2. reduces from 15 cm to 10 cm

What is the elastic potential energy of the spring?

A 5J C 0.25 J
B 2.5 J D 0.125 J
6. What the factor affecting the stiffness of the
spring?

I Length of spring
II Diameter of wire
III Diameter of coil
IV Weight of spring
A I, II and III C II, III and IV
The spring of a cradle is 20 cm in length. B I, III and IV D I, II and IV
When a baby of 3.8 kg is put into the cradle, it
extended by 5 cm. What is the length of the
spring if a baby with, a mass 8 kg is put in it?
A 2.4 cm C 22.4 cm
B 10.5 cm D 30.5 cm

3. Figure 12 shows a system

with three identical
springs. Each of the
spring can extend 5 cm
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