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Re: Spring and collision
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2008, 11:03:45 pm »
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Also how did you get

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Re: Spring and collision
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2008, 11:51:49 pm »
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Also how did you get

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Well, by first principles you could derive for the spring:



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Re: Spring and collision
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2008, 01:36:25 am »
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Sorry for replying so late, but I checked in the book and it says





I'm guessing this is if the block is being stretched at t = 0, is this right?

When the block starts at rest, does that mean

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Also, which direction do you usually choose to be 'negative'? The direction in the compression of the spring, or the direction stretching the spring?

Thanks again :p