A 5-kg rat is attached to a horizontally-oriented spring of stiffness constant, k=50.0N/m. the rat is then pulled in the east direction by 0.12m and released. what was his velocity when he travelled 0.07 cm?
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This is a simple harmonic motion (SHM) problem. In SHM, the total energy of the system is conserved. The total energy is the sum of kinetic energy (KE) and potential energy (PE). At the maximum displacement (0.12m), all the energy is potential energy (PE_max). At Show more…
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