When the Compression of a Spring Is Doubled,the Potential Energy

question 2

Multiple Choice

When the compression of a spring is doubled,the potential energy stored in the spring is

• A)the same as before.
• B)doubled.
• C)tripled.
• D)increased by a factor of 8.
• E)None of these is correct.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the mean.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of the middle of a dataset, commonly the mean, median, or mode.

Outliers

Data points that lie an abnormal distance from other values in a random sample from a population, often indicating a measurement or transcription error, or a novel phenomenon.

Variance

Measures the variability or spread of a set of data points around their mean; it's calculated as the average of the squared differences from the Mean.