Problem #8: (a) A spring-mass system moves in free damped motion. The displacement x(t) of the mass is modelled by the
initial value problem
$$x'' + 20x' + 64x = 0,$$ $$x(0) = 7, x'(0) = 3.$$
Problem #8(a):
Find the displacement x(t) of the mass.
(b) What is the name of the zero equilibrium point?
Enter your answer as a symbolic
function of t, as in these
examples
Do not include 'x(t)' in your answer.
(A) nodal sink (B) center (C) spiral source (D) saddle (E) nodal source (F) spiral sink