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Hence, a single 100 N/m spring will stretch precisely 1m when a 100N ball is hung from it. | Hence, a single 100 N/m spring will stretch precisely 1m when a 100N ball is hung from it. | ||
- | When we attach a second 100N/m spring to the end of the first and then attach the mass, both springs will stretch 1m. That is, the overall stretch of the spring-mass system is 2m. //In series, each spring stretches as if the mass were attached to just that spring//, and the sum of all those stretches gives the overall stretch. | + | When we attach a second 100N/m spring to the end of the first and then attach the mass, both springs will stretch 1m. That is, the overall stretch of the spring-mass system is 2m. |
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+ | //In series, each spring stretches as if the mass were attached to just that spring//, and the sum of all those stretches gives the overall stretch. | ||
== Modeling two end-to-end springs as one spring (effective spring constant) == | == Modeling two end-to-end springs as one spring (effective spring constant) == |