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MikeNZ
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Homework Statement
I'm doing springs in Engineering, need to find 'n' = Number of coils, only equations I have are..
Compression (let's give it a symbol &)
& = ( 8FC3n ) / Gd
And
K = Gd / 8C3n
Thanks..
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