A freshly caught catfish is placed on a spring scale, and it oscillates up and down with a period of 0.19 s. If the spring constant of the scale is 2330 N/m, what is the mass of the catfish?

The mass of the catfish is 2.13 kg

Explanation:

Period of oscillation, T = 0.19 s

spring constant, k = 2330 N/m

The period of oscillation of the spring is given by;

where;

m is mass of the catfish

substitute the given values and solve for m;

Therefore, the mass of the catfish is 2.13 kg