A mass is attached to a spring with constant and oscillates horizontally with amplitude

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Problem

0.50\,\text{kg}

mass is attached to a spring with constant

200\,\text{N\,m}^{-1}

and oscillates horizontally with amplitude

0.10\,\text{m}

. What is the speed of the mass when the elastic potential energy is

25\%

of the total mechanical energy? (a)

0.87\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

(b)

2.45\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

(c)

1.73\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}

(d)

1.41\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}