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The flash was running around Central City when he runs into the villain Gorilla Grodd. Gorilla Grodd releases the spring loaded trap that is underneath the Flash which propels him upwards 20 m. If the Flash has a mass of 80kg and the spring was compressed 4m, what is the constant of the rubber band?

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PE = 1/2 kx²

mgh = 1/2 kx²

80.9.8.20 = 1/2 k.4²

k = 1960

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