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Take a slinky as shown below. Ask a fr...

Take a slinky as shown below.
Ask a friend to hold one of its ends. You hold the other end and move away from your friend. Now you release the slinky.

Would the slinky acquire energy when it is compressed?

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Yes. To compress the slinky, work has to be done which is stored in the slinky as potential energy.
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