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Simple Harmonic Motion
OS-AP-16-13 · OpenStax College Physics for AP Courses 2e

Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion (Problem 13)

A type of cuckoo clock keeps time by having a mass bouncing on a spring, usually something cute like a cherub in a chair. What force constant is needed to produce a period of 0.500 s for a 0.0150-kg mass?