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1. A 32 pound weight stretches a spring 2 Feet. The mass is then released from an initial position of 1 foot below the equilibrium position. The surrounding medium offers a damping force of 8 times the instantaneous velocity. Find the equation of motion if the mass is driven by an external force of 2cos5t.

2. Solve the system where X and Y are functions of t:

dx/dt = 4x - y
dy/dt = 2x + y

3. dx/dt + 3x + dy/dt = 1 x(0) = 0
dx/dt ? x + dy/dt - y = e^t y(0) = 0

4. Use Laplace Transforms to solve the system where X and Y are functions of t:

dx/dt ? 5x ? 4y = 0 x(0) = 1

5. Dy/dt + x ? y = 0 y(0) = -1

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A 32 pound weight stretches a spring 2 Feet. The mass is then released from an initial position of 1 foot below the equilibrium position. The surrounding medium offers a damping force of 8 times the instantaneous velocity. Find the equation of motion if the mass is driven by an external force of 2cos5t.

Let x(t) be the distance of the mass from equilibrium.
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