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A0.50-kg object is attached to an ideal massless spring of spring constant 20 n/m along a horizontal, frictionless surface. the object oscillates in simple harmonic motion and has a speed of 1.5 m/s at the equilibrium position. (a) what is the amplitude of vibration? (b) at what location are the kineti

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Missing part in the question:
"B) At what location are the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the system the same?"

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A) amplitude of the vibration
The amplitude of the vibration corresponds to the maximum displacement of the mass-spring system with respect to its equilibrium position.

The energy of the mass-spring system at a generic point x (measured with respect to the equilibrium position) is sum of potential energy and kinetic energy:
$E=U+K= \frac{1}{2}kx^2 + \frac{1}{2} mv^2$
where
k is the spring constant
x is the displacement
m is the mass of the object
v is the speed of the object when it is at position x

At the point of maximum displacement (i.e. when the displacement coincides to the amplitude, x=A), the speed of the object is zero, so the system has only potential energy:
$E= \frac{1}{2}kA^2$ (1)

Vice-versa, when the system crosses the equilibrium position, the displacement is zero (x=0) so the system has only kinetic energy, and the speed will be the maximum speed of the system:
$E= \frac{1}{2}mv_{max}^2$ (2)

The total energy must be conserved, so (1)=(2):
$\frac{1}{2}kA^2 = \frac{1}{2}mv_{max}^2$
And since we know the spring constant, the mass of the object and its speed at the equilibrium position, we can find the amplitude A:
$A= \sqrt{ \frac{mv_{max}^2}{k} }= \sqrt{ \frac{(0.50 kg)(1.5 m/s)^2}{20 N/m} }=0.24 m$

B) We want to find the position x at which the kinetic energy and the potential energy are equal:
U=K

(3)
The only possibility to satisfy equation (3) is that both kinetic and potential energy are half of the total energy E:
$U=K= \frac{1}{2}E$
If we consider the potential energy only, this translates into
$\frac{1}{2}kx^2 = \frac{1}{2}E$ (4)

But the total energy E corresponds to the the potential energy of the system when it is at maximum displacement, x=A, so we can rewrite (4) as
$\frac{1}{2}kx^2 = \frac{1}{2}( \frac{1}{2}kA^2)$
which means
$x^2 = \frac{1}{2} A^2$
so we find
$x= \sqrt{ \frac{1}{2}A^2 }= \sqrt{ \frac{1}{2}(0.24 m)^2 }=0.17 m$
and this is the position at which the potential energy is equal to the kinetic energy of the system.

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it is given that trillions of microbes make up to 1% to 3% of the body mass.

let's take average of this percentage: 2%

consider the average mass of the human body as 70 kg.

then, trillions of microbes would have mass $= 2\%\hspace{1mm}of \hspace{1mm} 70\hspace{1mm} kg=\frac {2}{100}\times 70 =1.4\hspace{1mm} kg$

therefore, 100 trillion micro-organisms would weigh:

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this is an approximate value and could change depending on the mass of the human body and percentage of the microbes present in it.

average mass per microorganism = $\frac{1.4 kg}{10^12}=1.4\times10^{-12} kg$

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