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A horizontal spring-block oscillator is in simple harmonic motion of amplitude A. What is the ratio of the kinetic energy to the elastic potential energy, KE/PE, when the displacement of the block is A/2?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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