Question

A bathroom scale is compressed 0.06 in. when a 180​-lb person stands on it. Assuming that the scale behaves like a spring that obeys​ Hooke's law, how much does someone who compresses the scale 0.11 in.​ weigh? How much work is done compressing the scale 0.11 in.?

Someone who compresses the scale

0.11 in. weighs ?

in-lb, lb, in?

​(Type an integer or a​ decimal.)

Complete the integral needed to determine​ W, the work done.

Wequals = Integral from nothing to nothing nothing dx∫ dx

The work done compressing the scale 0.11 in. is? in lb, in, in-lb

​(Type an integer or a​ decimal.)

Answer 1