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Answer: According to Hooke’s law, the amount of force that must be applied to a spring in order to either shrink it or make it larger is proportional to the amount that the spring has been stretched. K is the symbol used to denote the spring constant.
Spring The term “constant” or “force constant” refers to the ratio between applied force and the spring’s displacement remains constant(within elastic limit). The symbol for the force constant is the letter k. It is measured in Newtons per metre. In terms of dimensions, [k] equals [F]/[x], which equals MT-2. A push or pull on an object with mass that causes that object to change its velocity known as force.
