In hooke's law if large if a large force produces a small displacement what does that say about the spring

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Donavan Hays

12 December, 03:11

In hooke's law if large if a large force produces a small displacement what does that say about the spring

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Kayla · Answer 1

In Hooke's law, if a large force produces a small displacement, what it says about the spring is that k is large.

This is because this is the formula: f = kx, so if f is large, and x is small, that means that k will be large as well.