The object of mass .
The spring damping factor is
The spring is pull down a distance and then release it.
The time period .
.
(a) Find the equation that relates the distance of the object from its rest position after
seconds.
The displacement of an oscillating object from its at-rest position at time
is
.
Substitute ,
and
.
Substitute .
.
(b)
\Graph the function .
Graph:
\(a) .
(b) Graph of the function .