Pendulum and Hooke's Law

A 10-newton force is required to hold a stretched spring 0.20 meter from its rest position. What is the potential energy stored in the stretched spring?

• 1 J
• 2 J
• 5 J
• 50 J

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A 5-newton force causes a spring to stretch 0.2 meter. What is the potential energy stored in the stretched spring?

• 1 J
• 0.5 J
• 0.2 J
• 0.1 J

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A spring with a spring constant of 4.0 newtons per meter is compressed by a force of 1.2 newtons. What is the total elastic potential energy stored in this compressed spring?

• 0.18 J
• 0.36 J
• 0.6 J
• 4.8 J

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An unstretched spring has a length of 0.10 meters. When the spring is stretched by a force of 16 newtons, its length is increased to 0.18 meters. What is the spring constant of this spring? 

• 0.89 N/cm 
• 2.0 N/cm 
• 1.6 N/cm 
• 1.8 N/cm

Batman desires to make a simple pendulum that serves as a timing device. He plans to make it such that its period is 1.00 second. What length must the pendulum have?

• 0.49 m
• 2.3 m
• 0.248 m
• 4.9 m

Batman and Robin swing from ropes attached to a large elevated platform. Suppose that they can be treated as a simple pendulum with a length of 16 m. Determine the period for one complete back and forth cycle.

• 16 s
• 4 s
• 8 s
• 6 s

According to Wikipedia (and as of this writing), Tim Ahlstrom of Oconomowoc, WI holds the record for hand clapping. He is reported to have clapped his hands 793 times in 60.0 seconds.What is the frequency of Mr. Ahlstrom's hand clapping during this 60.0-second period?

• 13.2 Hz
• 25.1 Hz
• 26.3 Hz
• 17.2 Hz

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According to Wikipedia (and as of this writing), Tim Ahlstrom of Oconomowoc, WI holds the record for hand clapping. He is reported to have clapped his hands 793 times in 60.0 seconds.What is the period of Mr. Ahlstrom's hand clapping during this 60.0-second period?

• 0.0932 s
• 12 s
• 0.0757 s
• 5.4 s

What is the period of a 3.5 m-long pendulum on Earth?

• 1.4 s
• 3.8 s
• 3.2 s
• 4.6 s

The time that it takes to complete one wave cycle is called the...

• frequency
• period
• amplitude
• wavelength

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