A long spring, when stretched by a distance x, has potential energy U. On increasing the…
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A long spring, when stretched by a distance x, has potential energy U. On increasing the stretching to nx, the potential energy of the spring will be
- \(\frac{U}{n}\)
- nU
- n2U
- \(\frac{U}{n^{2}}\)
Answer
(C) n 2 U
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