1.14* Plot the solution given by equation (1.

10) for the case k = 1000 N/m and m = 10 kg for

two complete periods for each of the following sets of initial conditions: a) x0 = 0 m, v0 =
1 m/s, b) x0 = 0.01 m, v0 = 0 m/s, and c) x0 = 0.01 m, v0 = 1 m/s.

Solution: Here we use Mathcad:

a) all units in m, kg, s

k
m 10 k 1000 ! n :=
m
x0 0.0
v0 1

2. !
!n T
fn "n
2. "

"n. x0
! atan
v0 x t A. sin !n. t "

parts b and c are plotted in the above by simply changing the initial conditions as
appropriate

0.2
1 . 2
A x02. !n v0 2
!n 0.1
x t

xb t
0 0.5 1 1.5
xc t

0.1

0.2