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Amru123
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I don't seem to understand this formula. How there should a negative sign before the displacement.Can anyone help me out?
It was indeed about spring! Thanks a lot!Orodruin said:I assume you are talking about a spring.
The minus sign tells you that the force is in the opposite direction as compared to the displacement. If you pull one end of the spring to the right, it will act on you with a force to the left trying to restore itself to the unstrained shape.
This means that as the displacement of an object increases, the force acting on it decreases in a linear relationship in the opposite direction. In other words, the force and displacement have a constant inverse relationship.
The mathematical representation of this relationship is F = -kx, where F is the force, k is the constant of proportionality, and x is the displacement.
The negative sign indicates that the force and displacement are in opposite directions. This means that as the displacement increases, the force acts in the opposite direction to oppose the displacement.
Yes, this relationship can be observed in many real-life situations, such as when stretching a spring or compressing a gas. In both cases, the force applied is directly proportional to the negative of the displacement.
This relationship is known as Hooke's Law, which states that the force required to extend or compress a spring is directly proportional to the distance it is stretched or compressed. Therefore, the force is directly proportional to the negative of the displacement.