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Hi, Yeah i did mean sin(alpha). I agree that if you let x'(0)=0 then A=0, however we would then need a second equation to find B and we do not know what x(0) is. We are only told that the mass is at the top of the hill, and we are given no detail as to where the top of the hill is.

Homework Statement An elastic spring has modulus of elasticity \lambda and natural length l_{0}. The spring is on the slope of a hill with an angle \alpha to the horizontal such that one end of the spring is fixed at the foot of the hill and the other end can move freely along the slope. A...