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Re: [Phys-l] AP-B 2008



Amplifying Josh's response:
The solution of the equations of motion will clearly have an oscillatory term and a traslatiojnal term. The amplitude of the oscillatory term will depend on the initial conditions (it will be the solution of the homogeneous, or oscillatory, part of the equation). The problem is carefully stated, I gather (not having seen the problem), to specify that the startup was "smooth", so the oscillatroy term is zero.
Regards.
Jack



On Wed, 14 May 2008, Kilmer, Skip wrote:

Has anyone looked at this year's free response questions yet? I can't figure out how problem 2 can work. Why wouldn't whichever block is being pulled by the spring oscillate about an acceleration rather than accelerate at a constant rate?
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