Question

12 an extension spring stores the most elastic energy when it is in which position? partially stretched stretched beyond its elastic limit fully compressed stretched to its limit skip 11/12 complete

Explanation:

The elastic - potential energy of a spring is given by $U=\frac{1}{2}kx^{2}$, where $k$ is the spring constant and $x$ is the displacement from the equilibrium position. The more the spring is stretched (within its elastic limit), the more elastic energy it stores. Stretching beyond the elastic limit deforms the spring permanently and is not a state for maximum elastic - energy storage in the recoverable sense. Compressing an extension spring is not its typical mode for storing maximum energy. A partially stretched spring stores less energy than a fully - stretched one (within the elastic limit).

Answer:

Stretched to its limit