Hooke's Law States That the Force F Required to Compress

question 17

Multiple Choice

Hooke's Law states that the force F required to compress or stretch a spring (within its elastic limits) is proportional to the distance d that the spring is compressed or stretched from its original length. That is, where k is the measure of the stiffness of the spring and is called the spring constant. The table below shows the elongation d in centimeters of a spring when a force of F kilograms is applied.
Sketch a scatter plot of the data.

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