Question $10$

$1$ pts

Spring reasoning $|$ Problem

In the game of pinball, you put the ball into play by pulling a plunger that compresses a spring; when the spring is released, it launches the ball: In one case, you compress the spring a distance d$.$ If instead you were to compress it a distance $3$d$,$ how many times more spring potential energy would the spring have?

The same amount

$2$ times

$3$ times

$6$ times

$9$ times