After a thrilling plunge, bungee-jumpers bounce freely on thebungee cord through

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After a thrilling plunge, bungee-jumpers bounce freely on thebungee cord through many cycles. After the first few cycles, thecord does not go slack. Your little brother can make a pest ofhimself by figuring out the mass of each person, using a proportionwhich you set up by solving this problem. An object of massm is oscillating freely on a vertical spring with a periodT. An object of unknown mass m' on the samespring oscillates with a period T '.

(a) Determine the spring constant. (Answer in terms of the massm, and the period T.)

(b) Determine the unknown mass. (Answer using T2 for T ',as well as m and T.)

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