An ideal spring with spring constant is compressed along the direction

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Laws of Motion · Laws of Motion

Problem

An ideal spring with spring constant

200\,\text{N/m}

is compressed

0.080\,\text{m}

along the

+x

direction. Without performing any calculation, state whether the spring force on the attached object points in the

+x

-x

direction and briefly justify your answer in a single sentence.