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Recap - Oscillator

Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 83 of 94.

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Challenge

You hang a block on a spring and it stretches the spring by x before it comes to rest. You pull it down and let go, and it bobs with a period of 0.2π s, about 0.6283 s. Find x.

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