Vibrating a 75g Bungee Cord: Standing Wave Formation

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Homework Statement


A 75 g bungee cord has an equilibrium length of 1.20 m. The cord is stretched to a length of 1.80 m, then vibrated at 20 Hz. This produces a standing wave with two antinodes.


Homework Equations


I really am not sure how to approach this using an equation, tried to use

w = sqrt (k/m)


The Attempt at a Solution



using the above equation I got a value of

1184 N/m for 'k', which is incorrect
 
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i'm getting now double of that, and half of that value, anyone have any ideas still? this assignment is due 12:00pm tomorrow for us