Mechanical Energy of a Spring - Conclusion

PLEASE ANSWER THESE ALL QUESTION

How results compare to your prediction? If your results don't match your prediction, e.g., if your plot of spring potential energy versus a function of position is not linear, what might be the reason for this deviation?

Since you are ultimately interested in dissipation of energy by the car's suspension anyway, does your data seem to show any energy dissipation? How does dissipation affect your initial prediction?

How would a change in mass change the total energy of the system? Does changing the mass change the value of the spring constant or the form of the spring's potential energy? What would happen to the form of the spring's potential energy if you had defined your origin for the object at another location (not the position of the unstretched spring)?

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