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SPRINGS attached in series

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can anyone help me understand this......esp. the expression for compressed distance
 

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I believe you don't need to know how to derive it ... it's just a simple rule...
Fo springs in series,

1/Keq = 1/K1 + 1 /K2

For springs in parallel combination,

Keq = K1 +K2
 
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