A mass of is attached to a spring of force constant and made to oscillate with amplitude

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Problem

A mass of

0.50\,\text{kg}

is attached to a spring of force constant

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

and made to oscillate with amplitude

0.10\,\text{m}

. The maximum speed attained by the mass is (a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

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