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A dart in a toy dart gun is pressed 4 cm against a spring. if it has 1.5 J of stored potential energy what is the spring constant?

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U = 0.5k(x^2)
1.5 J = 0.5k(0.04m^2)
k = 1875 N/m

Check my math i might be wrong
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