Question: A spring with spring constant k is fixed to the ceiling at one end and a weight of mass m is suspended at the other

A spring with spring constant k is fixed to the ceiling at one end and a weight of mass m is suspended at the other end, causing the ceiling to vibrate periodically.Take the position O of the natural length of the figure as the origin and x as the vertical downward direction.Assuming that the magnitude of the gravitational acceleration is g and the vertical displacement of the ceiling at time t is given by L sin(t), answer the following questions.(Let L and be positive constants.)
(i) Find the equation of motion satisfied by the displacement x(t) of the weight.
(ii) The equation in (i) can be viewed as a system of periodic external forces F acting on a weight suspended by a spring from a fixed ceiling.Find this F.
(iii) If the angular frequency of the ceiling is k/m. At t =0, find the solution of the equation of motion when the weight is at rest, in a position of balance with gravity.
(iv) When =k/, find the general solution of (i) and state what the weight oscillates from that result.
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