A Hooke's law spring is compressed 14.6 cm from equilibrium, and the potential energy stored is 76.0 J. What compression (as measured from equilibrium) would result in 100 J being stored in this case?

a. 11.8 cm
b. 16.7 cm
c. 43.8 cm
d. 33.5 cm
e. No answer is correct.


b

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