APFIVE Period of a Non-Ideal Spring System
A student conducts an experiment with a mass-spring system and collects the following data: when the amplitude is 5 cm, the period is 1.2 s; when the amplitude is 8 cm, the period is 1.3 s; when the amplitude is 12 cm, the period is 1.5 s. What is the most likely explanation for these results?
A
The gravitational field strength varied during the experiment
B
The period naturally increases with amplitude in SHM
C
The mass was inadvertently changed between trials
D
The spring is not ideal and exhibits nonlinear behavior
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