How Do Driven Vibrations Impact a Seismometer?

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Hello guys, this question showed up in my test last week as a challenge question, but the problem is, I'm the first year at college and have not yet learned to solve differential equations. Of course I did not manage to do it but I´m pretty eager to learn. Thanks in advance

Diagram of a seismometer: a mass m hangs from a spring k and damper b on a supporting arm, with y measured from the mass's rest position and u from the mean position of the Earth's surface, above the equation d2y/dt2 + 2ξωn dy/dt + ωn2 y = -d2u/dt2.


 
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Gosh, I had a similar test last year and it was very hard to figure out.