a 23-month-old child pulls a pan of hot water off the stove and spills it onto her chest and arms. her mother is right there when it happens. what should the mother do immediately?

The Effective Spring Constant is [tex](\frac{k1k2}{k1 + k2} )[/tex] for a system of 2 springs with spring constant k1 and k2.

The term "spring constant" refers to the proportional constant k. It gauges the stiffness of the spring. A spring exerts a force F = -kx in the direction of its equilibrium position when it is stretched or compressed to a length that differs by an amount x from its equilibrium length.

Spring constants are available in plural (physics) a quality of a spring that is determined by the force acting on the spring to the displacement it produces.

K stands for the proportionality constant, commonly referred to as the "spring constant." In layman's words, stiffness and strength are shown by the k variable in Hooke's law (F = -kx). An item requires more force to be stretched to a specific length the greater the value of k.

Let the force actiong be F N

then , if k1 is the spring constant of spring 1

F = x1 * k1

or, x1 = F/k1.

Similarly for spring 2

x2 = F/k2

Now x1 + x2 = F (1/k1 + 1/k2)

or effective displacement

X= [tex]F(\frac{1}{k1} + \frac{1}{k2} )[/tex]

or, F = [tex]X * (\frac{k1k2}{k1 + k2} )[/tex]

So the Effective Spring Constant is [tex](\frac{k1k2}{k1 + k2} )[/tex].

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