Forces and springs

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A student investigates how the extension of a stiff metal spring changes as force is applied. The experimental setup is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Diagram of a lab setup. A stiff metal spring is suspended vertically from a clamp stand. A pointer attached to the bottom of the spring points to a vertical half-metre ruler. Slotted masses are suspended from the lower hook of the spring.

The student's measurements are recorded in the table below:

Force (N)Extension (cm)
1.01.5
2.03.0
3.04.5
4.06.0
5.07.5
6.09.0

Using a grid where the horizontal x-axis represents Force (N) from 0 to 6.0 and the vertical y-axis represents Extension (cm) from 0 to 10.0, plot the points and draw a line of best fit.

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