Spring constant for an object under tension or compression (9-2)

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...and inversely proportional to the $\textbf{length}$ along which the force is applied. ...

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...and the $\textbf{cross-sectional area}$ of the surface on which the force is applied ...

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... $\textbf{Young’s modulus}$ for the material from which it is made ...

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Question

The $\textbf{spring constant}$ of an object is proportional to...

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Review

According to Hooke’s law, which we first encountered in Section 6-5, the force magnitude $F$ is proportional to the distance $\Delta{L}$ that the spring stretches, provided that $\Delta{L}$ is small compared to the relaxed length of the spring, $L_0$ :