A spring has 0.770 kg oscillating on it with a period of 1.25 seconds

(a) What is the frequency?
(b) Determine the spring constant.
(c) If the mass is doubled and the spring made 3 times stiffer, what is the new period?


(a) 0.800 Hz
(b) 19.5 N/m
(c) 1.02 s

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