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Homework Statement A mass of .88 kg when fastened to the lower end of a light-weight spring and set vibrating up and down is found to have a frequency of 1.8 Hz. Calculate the new frequency of vibration when the mass is decreased to .4 kg. Homework Equations P = 2 \pi \sqrt{m/k} The Attempt...

Thanks for the post, but how did you arrive at the resulting numbers? I also don't understand how .102 seconds are lost for every 1 second...

A clock pendulum has a period of 1.222 seconds where g = 9.812 m/s^2. 1. What is the new period of the pendulum when g = 9.797 m/s^2? 2. How many seconds will a clock using this pendulum lose in 24 hours? For the first one, using 7 significant figures, the new period comes out to...