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Calculate the work required to stretch the following springs 1.25 m from their equilibrium positions. Assume Hooke's law is obeyed. a. A spring that requires 100 J of work to be stretched 0.5 m from its equilibrium position. b. A spring that requires a force of 250 N to be stretched 0.5 from its equilibrium position.

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The work done by a variable force FF moving an object along a line from aa to bb in the direction of the force is

W=abF(x)dxW = \int_a^b F(x) \,dx

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