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Hooke’s Law states that the force exerted by a spring is inversely proportional to the amount it is stretched. Is this true or false?

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Hooke's law states that the force applied to spring is given by the product of the spring constant and the displacement of the spring.

Mathematically,


F=kx

Where F is the force applied, k is the spring constant, and x is the displacement of the spring.

From the above equation, we can see that the force applied to the spring is proportional to the displacement of the spring. That is, the force exerted is proportional to the amount the spring is stretched.

Thus the statement given in the question is false.

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