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Physics 11: Hooke's Law Worksheet

This document is a physics worksheet on Hooke's law. It contains 7 problems involving calculating spring constants and forces required to compress or stretch springs by certain distances. The worksheet asks students to state Hooke's law formula, explain why it is negative, draw free body diagrams of springs under tension, and calculate unknown values like spring constants and stretching distances given certain masses and forces. Students are asked to show their work and provide units for their answers.

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Physics 11: Hooke's Law Worksheet

This document is a physics worksheet on Hooke's law. It contains 7 problems involving calculating spring constants and forces required to compress or stretch springs by certain distances. The worksheet asks students to state Hooke's law formula, explain why it is negative, draw free body diagrams of springs under tension, and calculate unknown values like spring constants and stretching distances given certain masses and forces. Students are asked to show their work and provide units for their answers.

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 Name:

 ________________________________________  Block:  ___________  Date:  ______________________  

Physics 11: Hooke’s Law Worksheet


 
1. (a)  What  is  the  formula  relating  the  force  of  a  spring  and  its  distortion?  

(b)  EXPLAIN  WHY  it  is  negative.  

2. A  force  of  16  N  is  required  to  stretch  a  spring  a  distance  of  40  cm  from  its  rest  position.  What  force  (in  Newtons)  is  required  
to  stretch  the  same  spring:  
a)  twice  the  distance?          
b)  three  times  the  distance?        
c)  one-­‐half  the  distance?        
 
3. A  mass  of  5.0  kg  will  stretch  a  vertical  spring  3.25  cm.    Draw  a  free  body  diagram  (include  all  relevant  forces  and  values)  and  
calculate  the  spring  constant.  

4. A  horizontal  steel  spring  has  a  spring  constant  of  40.0  N/m.    What  force  must  be  applied  to  the  spring  in  order  to  compress  
it  by  10.0  cm?  

5. When  a  14.0  kg  mass  hangs  from  a  spring  that  has  a  spring  constant  of  550  N/m,  the  spring  has  a  length  of  82  cm.    
Determine  the  length  of  the  spring  before  any  force  is  applied  to  it.  

 
 
 

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6. Calculate  the  spring  constant  of  your  lab  bench  if  it  is  known  to  bend  down  by  0.10  mm  when  a  75  kg  student  
stands  on  it.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Spring  A  will  stretch  vertically  by  20.0  cm  when  it  has  a  1.00  kg  mass  hanging  from  it.    Spring  B  will  stretch  vertically  by  
50.0cm  when  it  has  a  1.00  kg  mass  hanging  from  it.  
a) Draw  a  free  body  diagram  for  Spring  A  and  include  all  relevant  forces  and  values.    Draw  a  free  body  diagram  for  
Spring  B  and  include  all  relevant  forces  and  values.      
 
 
 
 
 
 
b) Calculate  the  spring  constant  of  A.  

c) Calculate  the  spring  constant  of  B.  

d) Suppose  that  the  1.00  kg  mass  is  hanging  from  the  end  of  A,  which  is  hanging  from  B.    Assuming  that  the  mass  of  
the  springs  is  negligible,  calculate  the  total  amount  of  stretching.  
 

e) Calculate  the  spring  constant  of  the  system  in  part  (d)

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