Here’s How to Crack It
First let’s get an expression for the maximum elastic potential energy of the system,
which occurs when x = xmax = A.
When all this energy has been transformed into kinetic energy—which, as we
discussed earlier, occurs just as the block is passing through equilibrium—the
block will have maximum kinetic energy and maximum speed.
- A block of mass m = 2.0 kg is attached to an ideal spring of