Picture a mass moving horizontally under the influence of a linear spring force. Neglect air resistance and...

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Picture a mass moving horizontallyunder the influence of a linear spring force. Neglect airresistance and friction.

(a) Use Newton’s second law to setup an equation that describes the motion of the mass. Then, showingeach step, solve your equation to obtain expressionsfor...

(b) the object's position as afunction of time.

(c) the object's velocity as afunction of time.

(d) the object's acceleration as afunction of time.

Be sure to clearly defineall variables, and circle each of the four finalequations as you go, to be clear what your answersare!!

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The mass m lies on a frictionless horizontal surface It is connected to one end of a spring of negligible mass and relaxed length aIf the mass m is given a displacement along the xaxis and releasedit will oscillate back and    See Answer
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