Work required to stretch a spring
inches from its natural length is
foot-pounds.
Work done by the object in moving from
to
is
.
Hooks law:
.
.
Here
,
and
.

Find the work required to stretch the spring an additional one-half inch.
\Thus
,
and
.

.
Therefore, work required to stretch the spring an additional one-half inch is
.
Work required to stretch the spring an additional one-half inch is
.