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One end of a spring with spring constant k is attached to the wall. The other end is attached to a block of mass m. The block rests on a frictionless horizontal surface. The equilibrium position of the left side of the block is defined to be x=0. The length of the relaxed spring is L... (see attached)

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The expert examines harmonic oscillator kinematics.

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x(t) = Ccos(omega*t) + Ssin(omega*t)
At t = 0, x = x_init
Therefore, ...

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