Answer
0.5 m
Work Step by Step
Let's apply equation 10.1 $F_{x}^{Applied}=kx$ to the bow string. We can get,
$x=\frac{F_{x}^{Applied}}{k}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation.
$x=\frac{240\space N}{480\space N/m}=0.5\space m$
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