Question: Consider two masses m 1 and m 2 sitting on frictionless surfaces and attached to each other via a spring and damper, as shown above.

Consider two masses m1 and m2 sitting on frictionless surfaces and attached to each other via a spring and damper, as shown above. The spring constant is k and the damper constant is b. There is an external force F that can be applied to the mass m1 as shown. Positive displacements x1 and x2 are to the right. Assume that when both x1=0 and x2=0 the spring is at its resting (unstretched and uncompressed) length. Which equations of motion describe the dynamics of the system?
Consider two masses m 1 and m 2 sitting on

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