1. An engineer working at an industrial spring company designs a spring that obeys a force law F(x) = -c(x – Xeq)³ where c is a positive constant and xeq is the equilibrium position of the spring. a. What are the units of the constant c? Explain. b. Let the equilibrium position xeq potential energy as a function of position. = 0 and derive an expression for the system's c. Make a graph of the force F(x) function and the potential energy U(x) function.

1. An engineer working at an industrial spring company designs a spring that obeys a force law F(x) = -c(x – Xeq)³ where c is a positive constant and xeq is the equilibrium position of the spring. a. What are the units of the constant c? Explain. b. Let the equilibrium position xeq potential energy as a function of position. = 0 and derive an expression for the system's c. Make a graph of the force F(x) function and the potential energy U(x) function.

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1. An engineer working at an industrial spring company designs a spring that obeys a
force law
F(x) = -c(x - xeq)*
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where c is a positive constant and xeg is the equilibrium position of the spring.
a. What are the units of the constant c? Explain.
b. Let the equilibrium position Xeq
potential energy as a function of position.
= 0 and derive an expression for the system's
c. Make a graph of the force F(x) function and the potential energy U(x) function.

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