MEDAL GIVEN TO CORRECT ANSWER.
A rubber band has a spring constant of 36 N/m. If you stretch the rubber band 0.02 m past its natural length, what force does the rubber band apply?

A. 36 N
B. 0.72 N
C. 0.00056 N
D. 1,800 N

Question

MEDAL GIVEN TO CORRECT ANSWER. 
A rubber band has a spring constant of 36 N/m. If you stretch the rubber band 0.02 m past its natural length, what force does the rubber band apply?

 		A.	36 N
 		B.	0.72 N
 		C.	0.00056 N
 		D.	1,800 N

theeric · Answer

Hi! Are you familiar with Hooke's Law?

$\text{Force}=\text{amount of stretch}\times \text{spring constant}$

theeric · Answer

The two quantities on the right are given to you, so, from there, it's an easy calculation!