A muscle fiber contracts by 3.5 cm and in doing so lifts a weight. Calculate the work

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A muscle fiber contracts by 3.5 cm and in doing so lifts a weight. Calculate the work performed by the fiber. Assume the muscle fiber obeys Hooke’s law F = −k x with a force constant, k, of 750. N m−1.

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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