Homework Help: Physics- Elena please help!

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 2:13pm.

An accelerometer in a control system consists of a 2.42 g object sliding on a horizontal rail. A low-mass spring is connected between the object and a flange at one end of the rail. Grease on the rail makes static friction negligible, but rapidly damps out vibrations of the sliding object. When subject to a steady acceleration of 3.50 m/s2, the object must be located 0.370 cm from its equilibrium position. Find the force constant required for the spring

Physics- Elena please help! - bobpursley, Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 2:41pm
Forcefromspring=mass*a=kx

k= massobject*a/x=.0242kg*3.5m/s^2 *1/.00370

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Physics- Elena please help! - Anonymous, Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 3:10pm
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