When does the potential energy of a spring increase?

only when spring is stretched

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when spring is compressed or stretched

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when spring is neither stretched nor compressed.

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only when spring is compressed

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Solution

The correct option is B
when spring is compressed or stretched

It increases in both cases as long as there is a deformation, whether positive or negative.

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