A spring is immersed in a fluid with damping constant (c=40) and spring constant (k=128N/m). Find the position of the mass at any time 't' if it starts from the equilibrium position and is given a push to start it with initial velocity of 0.6m/s?.

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A spring is immersed in a fluid with damping constant (c=40) and spring constant (k=128N/m). Find the position of the mass at any time 't' if it starts from the equilibrium position and is given a push to start it with initial velocity of 0.6m/s?.

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