A real spring is not massless, but the mass of your spring was not taken into ac

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A real spring is not massless, but the mass of your spring was not taken into account in experiment M19. How would the non-zero mass of your spring have affected your experimental values of the spring constant k and the oscillation period T? k was not affected but the measured T were smaller than the values predicted by the equation relating period, measured mass, and spring constant. k was larger than expected but the measured T were not affected. k was not affected but the measured T were larger than the values predicted by the equation relating period, measured mass, and spring constant. k was smaller than expected but the measured T were not affected.

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A real spring is not massless, but the mass of your spring was not taken into account in experiment M19.

How would the non-zero mass of your spring have affected your experimental values of the spring constant k and the oscillation period T?

1. k was not affected but the measured T were smaller than the values predicted by the equation relating period, measured mass, and spring constant.

2. k was larger than expected but the measured T were not affected.

3. k was not affected but the measured T were larger than the values predicted by the equation relating period, measured mass, and spring constant.

4. k was smaller than expected but the measured T were not affected

Option 3 is correct

the non-zero mass of the spring increase the time period of oscilllations and there is no effect on spring constant

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