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Oh, ofcourse, silly me... :)... Thanks... I think I've figured it out... Cheers

Thanks so much... I was suspecting something must have been wrong with the question. BTW, when you say the information implies a natural period of a tenth of a second, how do you arrive at that conclusion? I don't think I know of any equations or relationships that helps me calculate that. Can...

Thanks for the reply... Actually Yes, I did get two different answers for the different formulae. I think the problem lies with the value to ω. When I use ω=√(k/m), with k = 20N/cm, and m = 0.5kg, I get 6.32 rad s^-1 as the answer. Plugging in this value of ω in a=-ω^2x gives me 4.80 ms^-2...

Homework Statement If the mass of a horizontal mass-spring oscillator undergoing SHM is 0.5kg and the force constant is 20N/cm, what is the maximum restoring force of the oscillator? And what is the maximum acceleration? (Time period is 6s and amplitude of oscillation is 12cm) Homework...