Question

A student performs a simple harmonic motion experiment. She hangs a spring of mass 115.4 grams vertically. She adds another 250.0 grams of mass to the spring and it stretches a distance of 13.2 cm from its equilibrium position.

1. What is the spring constant?
2. If she pulls the spring down a few centimeters and releases it, what is the period of oscillation for simple harmonic motion?
3. For damped harmonic motion, how could she modify the experiment to increase the damping coefficient g, so that the amplitude of oscillations dies down more quickly?

Answer 1