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3) The spring requires some calculus, which shouldn't
surprise us since it
is an example of a force that produces a non-constant
acceleration when it
is the only force acting on an object. And algebra based
courses tend to
require some handwaving when treating such forces (or at least their
kinematics when working with instantaneous quantities).
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