A hockey puck oscillates on a frictionless, horizontal track while attached to a horizontal spring. The puck has mass 0.150 kg and the spring has force constant 8.00 N/m. The maximum speed of the puck during its oscillation is 0.350 m/s. (a) What is the amplitude of the oscillation? (b) What is the total mechanical energy of the oscillation? (c) What are the potential energy and the kinetic energy of the puck when the displacement of the glider is 0.0300 m?
Answers:
(a) 0.0479 m
(b) 9.19× 10^–3 J
(c) 3.60× 10^–3 J and 5.59× 10^–3 J
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