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What is potential energy? If the spring constant of a standard spring is K and the spring is compressed to x distance. Find the formula to calculate earned potential energy.

Potential energy is the energy which is stored in an object due to the virtue of its shape and position.


In the spring the potential energy is stored due to the change in the shape of the spring.


If the potential energy is ,the mass of the bob of the pendulum be m, the displacement of the bob be x, then



If



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