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    High School Understanding elastic potential energy

    well its for an experiment i did - How does the speed of a catapulted trolley vary with distance pulled back? - as part of the task it says - word done or energy stored is 1/2Fx. THink why the 1/2 is in there - average? - yh tried a few sites didnt get v far...
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    High School Understanding elastic potential energy

    where does the formula 1/2 Fx come from - i need to find out where the half comes from for some coursework of mine :S cheers,:cool:
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    Undergrad Confused about energy in a system (Understanding)

    where does the formula 1/2 Fx come from - i need to find out where the half comes from for some coursework of mine :S