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Chapter 14 Problem 102

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SPREADSHEET A block of mass resting on a horizontal table is attached to a spring that has a force constant as shown in Figure 14-36. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the table is The spring is unstressed if the block is at the origin and the direction is to the right. The spring is stretched a distance where and the block is released. (a) Apply Newtons second law to the block to obtain an equation for its acceleration for the first halfcycle, during which the block is moving to the left. Show that the resulting equation can be written as where and with (b) Repeat Part (a) for the second half-cycle as the block moves to the right, and show that where and has the same value. (c) Use a spreadsheet program to graph the first five half-cycles for Describe the motion, if any, after the fifth half-cycle.

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Title Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6 
Author Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca
ISBN 9781429201247

SPREADSHEET A block of mass resting on a horizontal table

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