Hooke's Law

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Hooke's Law states that the force exerted by a stretched or compressed spring is a restoring force and is linearly proportional to the distance that the spring is stretched or compressed beyond its relaxed length. The formula for Hooke's law is  \vec F = -k \vec x where k is the spring stiffness constant which has units of newtons per meter and  \vec x is the displacement from the equilibrium position.

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