Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.4 - Work - 6.4 Exercises - Page 459: 11

Answer

$W2=3W1$

Work Step by Step

The spring has a natural length of 20cm $W1$ stretches the spring from $20cm$ to $30cm$ $W2$ stretches the spring from $30cm$ to $40cm$ Convert from $cm$ to $m$ Remember that $F=kx$ $W1=\int^{0.1}_{0}(kx)dx$ $W1=[\frac{kx^{2}}{2}]_{0}^{0.1}=\frac{k(0.01)}{2}=0.005k$ $W2=\int^{0.2}_{0.1}(kx)dx$ $W2=[\frac{kx^{2}}{2}]_{0.1}^{0.2}=\frac{k(0.04)}{2}-\frac{k(0.01)}{2}=0.02k-0.005k=0.015k$ $\frac{W2}{W1}=\frac{0.015k}{0.005k}=3$ $W2$ is three times the work of $W1$
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