Fasten one end of a vertical spring to a ceiling, attach a cabbage to the other end,

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Fasten one end of a vertical spring to a ceiling, attach a cabbage to the other end, and then slowly lower the cabbage until the upward force on it from the spring balances the gravitational" force on it. Show that the loss of gravitational potential energy of the cabbage-Earth system equals twice the gain in the spring's potential energy.
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Fundamentals of Physics

ISBN: 978-0471758013

8th Extended edition

Authors: Jearl Walker, Halliday Resnick

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