Astronauts in space cannot weigh themselves by standing on a bathroom scale. Instead, they determine their mass by oscillating on a large spring. Suppose an astronaut attaches one end of a large spring (spring constant 240 N/m) to her belt, and the other end to a hook on the wall. A fellow astronaut then pulls her back 17.0 cm and releases her. The period of her ensuing motion is 3.15 s. What is her mass? What maximum acceleration does she experience?

Astronauts in space cannot weigh themselves by standing on a bathroom scale. Instead, they determine their mass by oscillating on a large spring. Suppose an astronaut attaches one end of a large spring (spring constant 240 N/m) to her belt, and the other end to a hook on the wall. A fellow astronaut then pulls her back 17.0 cm and releases her. The period of her ensuing motion is 3.15 s. What is her mass? What maximum acceleration does she experience?

University Physics Volume 1

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Chapter15: Oscillations

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 54P: (a) How much will a spring that has a force constant of 40.0 N/m be stretched by an object with a...

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