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To get the differential equation for the first situation I summed the forces and set them equal to ma: k(L-x)=ma Then substituted in a=x'': kL-kx=mx'' From here i cheated a bit and used the Dsolve function of mathematica to find the position function of x at a time t...

Hello, this was a topic we were discussing in class, but its not mandatory to solve and not for credit so hopefully it's ok to post here: So take a horizontal block of mass M on a spring with length L. If coordinate system is x is positive to the right and spring and block are to the right...