AP Physics 1· difficulty 2/5
The mass on the horizontal spring oscillates with amplitude . At what position is its <strong>kinetic energy</strong> zero?
At equilibrium ()
At the extremes ()
Nowhere — KE is always positive
Halfway
Explanation
At extremes, the mass is momentarily at rest before reversing — there.
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