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Thanks for your suggestions. I think I have it now. The lengths were the correct way round, but I didn't make it quite clear in the question I asked. The distance between the two fixtures is known, so the deformation can be expressed in relation to that. The answer I got did end up as m.a...

Homework Statement I have a problem where I have a mass suspended in a system of springs. I need to differentiate the equation wrt time so I can can show equivalence with Newton's second law. The mass and springs are vertically aligned so the motion is in one dimension. The actual problem has...