Question
a object potential energy is described as 1/2kx^2.
what does k and x represent?
thanks.
This is the PE in a stretched spring.
k is the spring constant, x is the distance the spring is stretched (or compressed).
Read up on Hookes' law.
what does k and x represent?
thanks.
This is the PE in a stretched spring.
k is the spring constant, x is the distance the spring is stretched (or compressed).
Read up on Hookes' law.