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When a spring's displacement becomes half its original value and its spring constant is unchanged, what happens to its potential energy?

RRB Technicians Grade-I 19/12/2024 / Shift I 2024
✓ Answer: A It becomes one-quarter of its original value
Elastic potential energy U = kx²/2. Halving x reduces U to one-quarter.
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