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Example 1. x o - the natural length of a spring x - the compressed length of a spring m – combined mass of jumper & pogo stick g – acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s 2 k – a constant that depends on the string.
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Example 1 xo - the natural length of a spring x - the compressed length of a spring m – combined mass of jumper & pogo stick g – acceleration due to gravity (9.8 m/s2 k – a constant that depends on the string All possible solutions must be checked for extraneous solutions ( solutions in which the mathematics was done correctly, but still do not satisfy the original equation.