Homework1

Hooke’s Law Experiment

Part1: Tabulate your experimental results and complete the following

.calculations

Results

∆ l (cm) 8.3 -7.5 9.1-7.5 9.5-7.5 10.5-

∆ l=l−l 0 =0.8 =1.6 =2 7.5=3

m (gm) 20 40 60 80

Zero reading ℓ0 = 7.5 (cm)

40−20 20
Slope = 1.6−0.8 = 0.8 =25 (Slope unit: gm/cm = g/c)

m
g=9.8 2
∴ g=980 cm/s2
s

k =g . slope = 980 * 25 = 24500 (K unit: gm/ s 2)

 .Part2: Solve the following Problems

How much force is needed to pull a spring with a spring constant of .1
?20 N/m a distance of 25 cm

F= K × ∆ L
52mc ¿m=52001
/ 5=2.0 m
02 52.0
× = 5N

2. 
A spring is pulled to 10 cm and held in place with a force of 500 N.
What is the spring constant of the spring?

K= F /∆ L
01mc ¿m=01001
/ =1.0 m
005 1.0
/ 0005
= N M
/