An apple weighs 1.00 N. When you hang it from the end of a long spring of force constant 1.50 N/m and negligible mass, it bounces up and down in SHM. If you stop the bouncing and let the apple swing from side to side through a small angle, the frequency of this simple pendulum is half the bounce frequency. (Because the angle is small, the back-and-forth swings do not cause any appreciable change in the length of the spring.) What is the unstretched length of the spring (with the apple removed)?

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An apple weighs 1.00 N. When you hang it from the end
of a long spring of force constant 1.50 N/m and negligible mass, it
bounces up and down in SHM. If you stop the bouncing and let the
apple swing from side to side through a small angle, the frequency of
this simple pendulum is half the bounce frequency. (Because the angle
is small, the back-and-forth swings do not cause any appreciable change
in the length of the spring.) What is the unstretched length of the spring
(with the apple removed)?

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