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Chapter 12, Solution 29.

Choose the origin at point C, and let x be positive to the right. Then x is a
position coordinate of the slider B, and x0 is its initial value. Let L be the
stretched length of the spring. Then, from the right triangle

L = A2 + x 2
The elongation of the spring is e = L − A, and the magnitude of the force
exerted by the spring is

Fs = ke = k ( A2 + x2 − A )
x
By geometry, cosθ =
A2 + x2
ΣFx = max : − Fs cosθ = ma

−k ( A2 + x2 − A ) x
A + x2
2
= ma

k Ax 
a = − x − 
m  A 2 + x 2 
v 0
∫ 0 v dv = ∫ x0 a dx
0
k 0 
v
1 2 Ax k 1 2 2
 dx = −  x − A A + x 
2
v = − ∫x x −
2 0 m 0  A 2 + x 2  m2  x0

1 2 k 1 
v = −  0 − A 2 − x02 + A A 2 + x02 
2 m 2 

v2 =
k
m (
2A 2 + x02 − 2A A 2 + x02 )
=
k  2
m 
( )
A + x02 − 2A A 2 + x02 + A 2 


answer: v =
k
m ( )
A 2 + x02 − A W

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr.,
Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell
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