17. Periodic Motion
Intro to Simple Harmonic Motion (Horizontal Springs)
48PRACTICE PROBLEM
Imagine that you are testing out a prototype spring system, and that you have recorded the displacement versus time graph for a small mass that is attached to the end of the spring. The figure below shows the graph that is produced from this motion. Note that at t=0, the displacement will be x=0.79 cm.
(i) If the mass of the suspended component is 8.2 kg, determine what the spring constant, k, of your prototype spring system will be.
(ii) Express what the equation for displacement x as a function of time will be.
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Imagine that you are testing out a prototype spring system, and that you have recorded the displacement versus time graph for a small mass that is attached to the end of the spring. The figure below shows the graph that is produced from this motion. Note that at t=0, the displacement will be x=0.79 cm.
(i) If the mass of the suspended component is 8.2 kg, determine what the spring constant, k, of your prototype spring system will be.
(ii) Express what the equation for displacement x as a function of time will be.