Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Forces

Forces — practice question

A spring that obeys Hooke’s law has an unstretched length of $10\,\text{cm}$. A load of $20\,\text{N}$ is hung from the spring. The spring now measures $36\,\text{cm}$ in length. What is the spring constant $k$ of the spring?

  • A$0.56\,\text{N cm}^{-1}$
  • B$0.77\,\text{N cm}^{-1}$
  • C$1.3\,\text{N cm}^{-1}$
  • D$1.8\,\text{N cm}^{-1}$

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