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Does a rubber band have more or less elastic energy when it is stretched?......plz help me.
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Does a rubber band have more or less elastic energy when it is stretched?......plz help me.

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When the rubber band is just laying on the table it has no elastic energy. When you do work to stretch it, that work becomes elastic potential energy stored in the rubber band. So it has more elastic energy when it's stretched.
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