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OpenStudy (amistre64):

When trying to find out a spring constant, should the platforms mass be included in the calculations if the scale has been zeroed out by the weight of the platform?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (amistre64):

my gut says no as well; but my physics teacher said that we have to.

mathslover (mathslover):

Yes same here... since : when you have already taken the mass including that of the platform mass as 0 , then we should not include the mass of the platform again.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the new deformation is caused only by new mass

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so no

OpenStudy (amistre64):

|dw:1348234340830:dw| he "asked the math major" will the first point be at the origin. To which I stated, "hopefully".

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