Answer: hello question b is incomplete attached below is the missing question
a) attached below
b) V = 0.336 ft/s
Explanation:
Elongation ( Xo) = 16/ 7 feet
mass attached to 4-foot spring = 16 pounds
medium has 9/2 times instanteous velocity
<u>a) Find the equation of motion if the mass is initially released from the equilibrium position with a downward velocity of 2 ft/s</u>
The motion is an underdamped motion because the value of β < Wo
Wo = 3.741 s^-1
attached below is a detailed solution of the question
The correct answer to the question is : D) Be moving at a constant velocity.
EXPLANATION:
As per Newton's first laws of motion, every body continues to be at state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line unless and until it is compelled by some external unbalanced forces acting on it.
Hence, it is the unbalanced force which changes the state of rest or motion of a body. Balanced force is responsible for keeping the body to be either in static equilibrium or in dynamic equilibrium.
As per the options given in the question, the last one is true for an object under balanced forces.
