I guess it would be? These are the exact typed questions, which aren't practiced during the experiment but just in the lab report. We never measured the affect mass has on spring vs. its natural length, so I don't think we need to take that into account. Also I figured out how to do the...
As I understand the question, no the spring was not stretched some before pulling the mass down 3 cm. However, the equation being k x makes more sense. The only experimental value that I think we were supposed to use is k, I guess the mass is there to confuse us.
Homework Statement
What would the resultant force have been at the instant of release, if a 350 g mass were suspended from your spring, pulled down 3 cm and released?
What would have been the instantaneous acceleration at the moment of release?
The questions pertain to an experiment with a...