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Homework Statement
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A mountain bike has bad shock absorbers (w0/γ = 10) that oscillate with a period of 0.5 seconds after hitting a bump. If the mass of the bike and rider is 80kg, determine the value
of the spring constant k (remembering that there are two springs that share the mass equally).
The Attempt at a Solution
2pi/0.5 = w = 4pi But w = √(k/m)
16pi2 * 80 = k = 12633.
Since the two springs are in parallel we have the spring constant for an individual spring = 6317 N/m
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