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Q. The potential energy of a weightless spring compressed by a distance a is proportional to

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Solution:

The potential energy of a weightless spring compressed by a distance $a$ is given by
$U=\frac{1}{2} m \omega^{2} a^{2}$
or $U \propto a^{2}$