A weight is hung on the end of a spring and rests 50 cm above a table top. The weight is pulled down 25 cm and released at time t = 0. This creates a periodic up and down motion. It takes the weight 1.6 s to return to the lowest position. Model the height of the bobbing weight over the table, in centimetres, to time, t, in seconds, for at least three cycles.

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