"A spring with a spring constant of 300N/m (Newtons per meter) is designed to hold masses up to 225kg. What is the maximum displacement, h, needed by the spring if loaded to full capacity? "Spoiler, click to toggle visibiltyAlright so I was suspended for 3 days and I lost 182 Minutes worth of Physics and we had a test funny enough some of my friends didn't blew past more like they couldn't and I felt really upset because they were here but couldn't Crack down any of the problems none of them and I couldn't Crack a True or False statement so yea let's end that.My Problem is I want to know what equation to do for this since I never ran into "h" so yea to sum it up, how do I get "h" what steps and or equations do I need to get it?
☆Celestric☆ said, March 01, 2015, 07:45:55 pmSo "h=x" then "F=k×X" and then that's my "h"? Also do you know the SI unit for "h"?h is the displacement, aka "x", measured in meters.
It's the meter, but you should infer your units/dimensionals from the info you're given in the problem; in this case the spring constant is in N/m, the mass is in Kg (and thus the weight is in N) so your distance should be in meters. N/cm aren't unheard of, nor are KN/m, nor N/mm, etc.
It's all wrong :/F should be 225 times g, k is your spring constant and x, regardless of its magnitude, should be in meters or centimeters, not N/m. It's a linear distance, not force per distance.
