written by
Gary Gladding
published by the University of llinois Physics Education Research Group
This is an interactive homework problem for introductory physics students relating to oscillation. It involves a box of known mass sliding across a frictionless surface into a relaxed spring. Given spring constant and initial speed, the student must determine how long the box is in contact with the spring before it is released at the equilibrium point. A user-activated "help" sequence is provided for each step of the problem-solving, from conceptual analysis through quantitative calculation. To promote critical thinking, immediate feedback is received for both correct and incorrect responses. This item is part of a larger collection of interactive homework problems for introductory physics.
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![]() <a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6437">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>
![]() G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring).
![]() G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring>.
![]() Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Retrieved March 22, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring
![]() Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring (accessed 22 March 2025).
![]() Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 22 Mar. 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/10/box_and_spring>.
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Author = "Gary Gladding",
Title = {Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Box and Spring},
Publisher = {University of llinois Physics Education Research Group},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {22 March 2025},
Month = {June 16, 2006},
Year = {2006}
}
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