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Chica1975
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Homework Statement
A spring, with a spring constant of 87 N/m, was compressed a distance of 8.6cm (0.086m). How much work was done in order to compress the spring?
Homework Equations
WC=1/2kd^2
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried to plug in the numbers as follows in the above equation - but I can't get the answer out. I have been doing this for ages am like a broken record - pse snap me out of this programming!
WC= 2*87*.086^2 = 1.286904J
Apparently, the correct answer is .32J
Help!