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Data Set for CHAPTER 8


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A spring-mass-spring system with various masses was allowed to oscillate with no friction or gravity. This shows the period in seconds of the oscillations (second column) as a function of the mass in kg (first column). This experiment was conducted by David Harman and Mark Zerella, students at the University of Arizona.


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1st col 2nd col
0.1256 0.9920
0.1758 1.1686
0.2549 1.4068
0.3051 1.5370
0.3549 1.6556
0.3805 1.7182
0.4307 1.8256
0.4805 1.9292
0.5105 1.9924
0.5607 2.0846