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Homework Statement
A 2.00-kg frictionless block is attached to an ideal spring with force constant 300 N/m. At t=0 the spring is neither stretched nor compressed and the block is moving in the negative direction at 12.0 m/s. Find the amplitude and the phase angle.
Homework Equations
x=A*cos(ωt+φ)
v=-ωA*sin(ωt+φ)
\omega = \sqrt{\frac{k}{m}}
The Attempt at a Solution
\omega = \sqrt{\frac{300}{2.00}} = 12.25
0 = A\cdot cos(\phi)
12.0 = -12.25 \cdot A \cdot sin(\phi)
How do I solve for something when there are two unknowns (phi and A)?