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OS-AP-7-TP25 · OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e

Conservative Forces and Potential Energy (Problem 25)

You are loading a toy dart gun, which has two settings, the more powerful with the spring compressed twice as far as the lower setting. If it takes 5.0 J of work to compress the dart gun to the lower setting, how much work does it take for the higher setting?