Spring Permanent After Cutting: What Happens?

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When a spring with a spring constant K and length 2L is cut in half, the resulting spring of length L has a spring constant of 2K. This is due to the inverse relationship between spring constant and length, as described by the formula KL = constant. The term 'permanent' is incorrectly used; the correct terminology is 'spring constant'.

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hi!
i have a question about the spring's permanent.
if i have a spring with:
size: 2L
permanent: K
and i cut it in half so i now have in my hand a spring like that:
size: L
permanent: and here is the problem- i don't know what happens to the spring's permanent in this case...
is it 2K? does it stay the same?
please help, Thanks :)
 
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It stays the same. And, in English, it is called 'constant', not 'permanent'.

Edit: oopss...further googling reveals it doubles.
 
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firstly please tell which language do you use for learning physics.its spring constant and not permanent.
however the spring constant in this case will be 2K.
this is because the spring canst. is inversely proportional to the length of the spring i.e KL=constant(1)
 

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