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6 verify it in the laboratory. State Hooke's law. Describe how you can A force of 40 N stretches a wire through 30 cm. What force will stretch it through 5.00 and through what length will a force of 100N stretch it? What assumption have you made? State Hooke's law​

6 verify it in the laboratory. State Hooke's law. Describe how you can A force of-example-1
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if you assume a) that the elastic limit wont be met, and b) that is a linear elastic material, then
f=kx
40=k.03 or k= 1333N/m

5cm?
force=k*.05=1333*.05=67N

100=kx
x= 100/1333 = 7.5 cm
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