A mass is attached to a vertical spring

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Problem

A 0.25 kg0.25\,\text{kg} mass is attached to a vertical spring. The system completes 4040 oscillations in 50 s50\,\text{s}. The spring constant kk is approximately (a) 15 N m−115\,\text{N m}^{-1} (b) 6.3 N m−16.3\,\text{N m}^{-1} (c) 1.6 N m−11.6\,\text{N m}^{-1} (d) 25 N m−125\,\text{N m}^{-1}

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