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The springs of a 1500-kg car compress 5.0 mm when its 68-kg driver gets into the driver's seat. If the car goes over a bump, what will be the frequency of vibrations?

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QUESTION:

The springs of a 1500-kg car compress 5.0 mm when its 68-kg driver gets into the driver's seat. If the car goes over a bump, what will be the frequency of vibrations?

ANSWER:

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The following are given by the question:

Mass of car, 

Compression, 

Mass of driver, 

The spring constant can be calculated as

                                                                          

Substitute the values and solve as

                                                                          

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