Motion of a mass on a spring suspended vertically

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To find the spring constant for a 50 g spring with a 500 g mass oscillating with a period of 1.00 seconds, the total system mass is calculated as 516.67 g. The relevant equation is T^2 = (4π^2 * m) / k, which can be rearranged to solve for the spring constant k. By isolating k, the formula becomes k = 4π^2 * m / T^2. Substituting the values, the spring constant is determined to be approximately 20397.82 N/m. This calculation confirms the relationship between mass, period, and spring constant in oscillatory motion.
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Okay I have part of this problem right but am not sure how to proceed on the last part.

A 50 g spring is made from a new steel/titanium alloy. Engineers determine that if a 500 g mass is hung from the spring it oscillates with a period of exactly 1.00 seconds. What is the spring's constant?
Equation used is = system mass = hanging mass + (1/3) spring mass
system mass = 500 + (1/3)50 = 516.6666667
Now I have to use the equation Period^2 = 4pi^2 system mass/spring constant.
I have to solve for mass and don't know how to turn this last equation around.
 
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You start with this:
T^2 = \frac{4 \pi^2 m}{k}

To solve for the spring constant, try this: First multiply both sides by k, then divide both sides by T^2. That will isolate k.
 
So then that equation should be k = 4pi^2/T^2?

4pi^2(516.6666667)/1.00^2 = 20397.8243 is the spring constant?
 
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