Consider an ideal elastic spring. The spring constant is
A) proportional to the mass attached to the spring.
B) proportional to displacement from equilibrium.
C) inversely proportional to the displacement.
D) inversely proportional to the applied force.
E) none of the other answers.

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The spring constant (k) is a property of the spring itself, not dependent on the mass attached, displacement from equilibrium, or the applied force. It is a measure of the stiffness of the spring.

Consider an Ideal Elastic Spring