Homework Statement
Hello, everyone. I am a starting physics student. I know a little bit of calculus and mechanics. I have been solving a lot of problems successfully, but I come back to being stuck on this one. I will show you what I have done and I hope you can be kind enough to give me a...
Oh wait. If... there are no other forces, wouldn't it oscillate instead of just sitting there? When you release the mass, realistically it would go beyond the equilibrium point then back up, and keep oscillating. I assumed that 'eventually', it would stop moving. But that's only because in...
*slaps forehead* I should have seen that. O_O
The paradox is clear now. What's not clear is how did this happen. There are no other forces acting on it. That 2 shouldn't be there. I'm beyond exhausted, going to have to sleep on it. Thank you very much! (It seems weird to say 'thank you very...
Apologies if this is too basic, but I've been studying for a while and I'm stuck.
Homework Statement
Spring paradox. What is wrong with the following argument?
Consider a mass m held at rest at y = 0, the end of
an unstretched spring hanging vertically. The mass is now
attached to...