Spring Motion

Data for damped motion

Number of distance entries: n = 395

Time interval between distance readings: 0.025 seconds

Spring constant: K = 22,900 gm/sec²

Mass of holder:    50 gm
Added mass:     500 gm
Total mass: m = 550 gm

Copy the list of distances, and paste it into your worksheet in the appropriate place. These distances are in meters.

.484, .487, .493, .504, .520, .541, .564, .590, .618, .649, .680, .711, .742, .773, .801, .827, .851, .872, .888, .901, .910, .915, .915, .912, .904, .890, .877, .857, .836, .812, .787, .760, .732, .704, .677, .651, .625, .603, .582, .564, .550, .539, .532, .529, .529, .533, .541, .553, .566, .584, .603, .624, .647, .671, .695, .720, .746, .770, .792, .812, .829, .844, .856, .865, .870, .873, .871, .867, .859, .849, .836, .820, .803, .783, .764, .742, .720, .699, .675, .655, .636, .619, .604, .591, .580, .573, .569, .568, .569, .575, .582, .592, .605, .619, .635, .653, .671, .691, .710, .729, .747, .765, .782, .796, .809, .819, .828, .833, .836, .836, .833, .828, .822, .812, .800, .787, .772, .756, .739, .722, .704, .687, .671, .656, .642, .629, .617, .610, .602, .600, .598, .598, .601, .606, .614, .624, .635, .648, .662, .677, .692, .707, .723, .738, .753, .766, .778, .788, .797, .804, .809, .811, .812, .810, .806, .800, .792, .783, .772, .760, .747, .733, .720, .705, .691, .678, .665, .654, .643, .635, .627, .622, .618, .617, .617, .620, .625, .630, .638, .649, .660, .671, .683, .694, .709, .722, .734, .746, .758, .768, .777, .784, .788, .792, .794, .794, .793, .790, .785, .778, .770, .762, .751, .741, .729, .718, .706, .694, .683, .672, .662, .654, .647, .640, .636, .633, .632, .632, .635, .638, .644, .650, .658, .667, .677, .687, .698, .710, .721, .732, .742, .751, .760, .767, .774, .778, .782, .783, .783, .782, .779, .775, .769, .763, .755, .746, .737, .725, .715, .705, .696, .686, .677, .669, .662, .656, .651, .647, .645, .644, .645, .647, .650, .655, .661, .667, .675, .683, .692, .701, .710, .719, .728, .737, .745, .752, .758, .763, .768, .771, .772, .773, .771, .769, .765, .760, .754, .747, .740, .732, .724, .715, .707, .698, .690, .682, .676, .670, .663, .659, .656, .654, .654, .654, .656, .659, .664, .669, .675, .681, .689, .696, .704, .712, .720, .728, .735, .741, .747, .752, .757, .760, .762, .762, .762, .761, .758, .755, .750, .745, .739, .732, .725, .718, .711, .703, .698, .691, .685, .679, .674, .670, .666, .665, .664, .663, .664, .666, .669, .673, .678, .683, .689, .694, .702, .707, .714, .721, .728, .734, .740, .744, .749, .752, .754, .756, .756, .755, .754, .751, .748, .744, .739, .733, .728, .721, .715, .708, .702, .696, .690, .684, .680, .675, .672, .670, .668, .667, .667, .669, .671, .674, .677, .684, .689