The motion of a particle is given by (x)t=(25cm)cos(10t), where t is in s. What is the first time at which the kinetic energy is twice the potential energy?                                                                                                                                                  (a) when the displacement of a mass on a spring is 1/2A, what fraction of the energy is kinetic energy and what fraction is potential energy?  (b) At what displacement, as a fraction of A, is the energy half kinetic and half potential

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The motion of a particle is given by (x)t=(25cm)cos(10t), where t is in s. What is the first time at which the kinetic energy is twice the potential energy?                                                                                                                                                  (a) when the displacement of a mass on a spring is 1/2A, what fraction of the energy is kinetic energy and what fraction is potential energy?  (b) At what displacement, as a fraction of A, is the energy half kinetic and half potential?

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