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2.) Effect of mass on spring constant: select a spring constant and an initial stretch for the system. You will keep these constant. a. Using the displayed position (x) vs time plots determine the period (the time it takes for one complete cycle) for 5 different values of the mass. Note: it is often best to view several complete cycles of motion and time that, then divide that time by the number of cycles observed to get the best average value. b. Make a table of these values of mass (m) and the period (T). Using these data points do a plot of the mass (m) on the vertical axis and period (T) on the horizontal axis. What kind of trend do you see? Is it a linear (straight line) relationship? c. Just for giggles, make a plot of m vs T2 . Is that a linear relationship? . d. Make a general statement about how the mass effects the period.For this activity you will be using the interactive Physics Simulations at oPhysics. http://ophysics.com/index.html In particular you will work with several of the simulations under the classification "Waves". First, I encourage you all to explore all the simulations here. You can learn something from almost all of them. Simple Harmonic Motion : Mass on a Spring Go to the topic "Simple Harmonic Motion: Mass on a Spring" under the heading "Waves"