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What is hooke's law? does it apply to elastic materials or to inelastic materials?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Hooks law tries to explain th relationship between the force applied and the extension of the elastic material.

Elastic materials are materials which obeys hooks law

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When you talk about Hooke's law, it always have to do something with springs. Hooke's Law, from Robert Hooke, saw a relation between the force applied to the spring and the extension of its length. The equation is: F = kx, where k is the spring constant and x is the displacement of the original and stretched lengths. In other words, x is the length of deformation. Hence, the object must be elastic to come up with a displacement or deformation, in the first place. Then, the Hooke's Law is only applicable to elastic materials.
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