Assignment:
Question. On a frictionless table, a spring has one end fixed and the other attached to block M. Block m, is in contact but not attached to M.
The spring, originally unstressed was compressed from 0 to -S. There the spring system was released from rest. See diagram with parameters and basic physics.
Block M= 2.0 kg, block m= 1.7 kg, k= 60 nt/m, and S= .50 m.
a. From release, find the time until the blocks separate, and also their velocity at that instant.
b. Find Xm, the new amplitude of the SHM after the blocks separate.
c. Develop x(t) for the SHM of block M with separation at time t=0.