Answer:
Explanation:
For an ideal spring over a frictionless horizontal surface, stored energy is only a function of the spring constant k and the distance of compression. The mass of the block doing the compressing is irrelevant
Energy stored in the first example is
Em = ½kd²
Energy stored in the second example is
E₂m = ½k(2d)² = 4(½kd²) = 4Em
So the second situation has four times as much stored spring potential energy as the first situation
4 Em is correct
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