Stan applies a force to stretch a spring, then allows the spring to recoil to half the length it was stretched. How much force is required to keep the spring at its new deformation?

The dipole moment of the water molecule (h2o) is 6.17x10^-30 c. m. consider a water molecule located at the origin whose dipole moment p points in the +x-direction. a chlorine ion ( of charge-1.60x10^-19c , is located at x=3.00x10^-9m . assume that is much larger than the separation d between the charges in the dipole, so that the approximate expression for the electric field along the dipole axis can be used. a) find the magnitude of the electric force that the water molecule exerts on the chlorine ion. b) what is the direction of the electric force. -x-direction or +x-direction c) is this force attractive or repulsive?