Physlet Physics by Christian and Belloni: Problem 16.5

16.1: Representations of Simple Harmonic Motion
16.2: The Simple Pendulum and Spring Motion
16.3: Energy and Simple Harmonic Motion
16.4: Damped and Forced Motion
16.5: Fourier Series 1, Qualitative Features
16.6: Fourier Series 2, Quantitative Features

Problem 16.5: Determine the spring constant of the spring

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A 500-gram red ball on an air track is attached to a compressed spring (at x = 0 m the spring is unstretched) as shown in the animation (position is given in meters and time is given in seconds). Determine the spring constant of the spring (assume v = 0 m/s at the beginning and end of the animation). Restart.

Physlets were developed at Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript using the SwingJS system developed at St. Olaf College.

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