Question

A hockey puck attached to a horizontal spring oscillates on a frictionless, horizontal surface. The spring has force constant 4.50 N/m and the oscillation period is 1.20 s. What is the mass of the puck

Answer 1

m = 0.164 kg

Step-by-step explanation:

T (period)

k (force/spring constant)

m (mass)

T = 2*Pi*sqrt(m/k)

T/(2*Pi) = sqrt(m)/sqrt(k)

(T/(2*Pi))*sqrt(k) = sqrt(m)

m = ((T/(2*Pi))*sqrt(k))^2

m = 4.5*((1.2/(2*Pi)))^2

m = 0.1641403175