Physics

Physics

Problem

In a laboratory experiment, a student attaches a 0.200 kg0.200\,\text{kg} mass to a spring and measures the period of small oscillations to be 0.90 s0.90\,\text{s}. The student then replaces the mass with an unknown mass and finds the period to be 1.20 s1.20\,\text{s}. Assuming the spring is ideal and its constant does not change, what is the value of the unknown mass? a) 0.27 kg0.27\,\text{kg} b) 0.35 kg0.35\,\text{kg} c) 0.54 kg0.54\,\text{kg} d) 0.12 kg0.12\,\text{kg}

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