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Given information

As we know the force applied by a spring on an object is given by

 

Where is the spring force constant and is the displacement

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Here -ve sign shows that the force is in opposite direction to the displacement.

Here the spring force constant of spring-l is and of spring-2 is .

If the force acting on an object due to spring-l is and displaced the object by a distance , then according to equation (I), we have

 

Similarly, if the force acting on an object due to spring- 2 is  and displaced the object by a distance  , then according to equation, we have

 

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