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Observation of the oscillation of a mass on the end of a spring reveals that the detailed structure of the position as a function of time is fit very well by a function of the form

Yet subsequent observations give convincing evidence that this cannot be a good representation of the motion for long time periods. Explain what observation leads to this conclusion and resolve the apparent contradiction.

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