Review | Constants | Periodic TableLearning Goal:To understand the use of Hooke's law for a spring.Hooke's law states that the restoring force F on aspring when it has been stretched or compressed isproportional to the displacement a of the spring fromits equilibrium position. The equilibrium position is theposition at which the spring is neither stretched norcompressed.In Haiti, public transportation is often by taptaps, small pickup trucks with seats along the sides of the pickup bed and railings towhich passengers can hang on. Typically they carry two dozen or more passengers plus an assortment of chickens, goats,luggage, etc. Putting this much into the back of a pickup truck puts quite a large load on the truck springs.A truck has springs for each wheel, but for simplicity assume that the individual springs can be treated as one spring with a springconstant that includes the effect of all the springs. Also for simplicity, assume that all four springs compress equally when weight isadded to the truck and that the equilibrium length of the springs is the length they have when they support the load of an emptytruck.Recall that Fxã means that F is equal to aconstant times x. For a spring, the proportionalityconstant is called the spring constant and denoted byk. The spring constant is a property of the spring andmust be measured experimentally. The larger thevalue of k, the stiffer the spring.In equation form, Hooke's law can be writtenPart AA 69 kg driver gets into an empty taptap to start the day's work. The springs compress 1.7x10-2 m. What is the effective springconstant of the spring system in the taptap?Enter the spring constant numerically in newtons per meter using two significant figures.F = -ki.• View Available Hint(s)The minus sign indicates that the force is in theopposite direction to that of the spring's displacementfrom its equilibrium length and is "trying" to restore thespring to its equilibrium position. The magnitude of theforce is given by F = kx, where x is the magnitudeof the displacement.?k =N/m

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