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Doubling which quantity would cause the largest increase in a spring’s elastic potential energy?
displacement
spring constant
mass
gravitational acceleration
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Displacement.
Elastic potential energy is U = 1/2 k x^2. Doubling x gives U → 1/2 k (2x)^2 = 4(1/2 k x^2) (quadruple). Doubling k only doubles U. Mass and g do not appear in U (so they don’t directly change the spring’s elastic energy).
Elastic potential energy is U = 1/2 k x^2. Doubling x gives U → 1/2 k (2x)^2 = 4(1/2 k x^2) (quadruple). Doubling k only doubles U. Mass and g do not appear in U (so they don’t directly change the spring’s elastic energy).
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