Question: A mass m = 2.4 kg is attached to two springs as it slides along a friction less floor, while the springs are fastened to

A mass m = 2.4 kg is attached to two springs as it slides along a friction less floor, while the springs are fastened to two walls as shown in Figure P11.17. The springs both have k = 400 N/m and are both in their relaxed states (un-stretched and uncompressed) when the mass is centered between the two walls. What is the frequency of this simple harmonic oscillator?

Figure P11.17

?k wwww m ww k

k wwww m ww k

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