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Elastic Band Investigation The things that might affect this are: - Downward force applied to the elastic band - Length of elastic band - Thickness of band - Band material My prediction for this experiment is that I think that the more force you exert on the elastic band then the longer its length will be. This is because extension is proportional to load and so if the load increases so does the extension and so does the stretching distance. Shown on a graph, I think it will look like this: This shows that as the force (f) gets bigger, then the extension (x) will also get bigger. Higher values represent stronger, less stretchy bands, and lower values represent weaker, easier to stretch bands. I have done some research and found that this experiment is based on 'Hooke's Law' Hooke's law is when you stretch or compress an object and they change shape, for some elastic materials a steady...

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