A small object of mass 1.0kg is hanging from an ideal spring with spring constant sat 0.1m above the equilibrium position and its velocity is -0.52m/s . What is the period of oscilation?

Answer 1

Hi there! Recall that, for an ideal mass–spring oscillator, the period T is T = 2π * sqrt(m/k), where m denotes mass and k denotes the characteristic spring constant, which is system-dependent. I don't see a spring constant defined in the problem statement you've given, and the other given information (m = 1.0 kg, x = 0.10 m, and v = -0.52 m/s) isn't sufficient to determine it.

The answer I'd provide is that there isn't enough information to find the period of oscillation!