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4. Explain how energy is transformed in a spring.

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Answer:

As spring falls in a vertical plane, the change in gravitational potential energy is transformed to elastic potential energy.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the spring constant, Hooke's law was used, as well as potential energy to calculate the gravitational and elastic potential energy.

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