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Hooke's law and simple harmonic motion

Elastic restoring forces, Hooke's law and SHM; the pendulum.

In review 5th Year6th Year HigherOrdinary
Helps to know first: Forces and Newton's laws
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Match the pairs: 1 · Multiple choice: 5 · Numeric answer: 6 · Put in order: 1 · Short answer: 1 · Written answer (self/teacher assessed): 1

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A spring stretches 3 cm under a load of 1.47 N. Find the spring constant in N/m.
Whole numbers, decimals (2.5) or fractions (3/4).
Hint 1

Hooke's law F = kx.

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