A 0.20-kg object is attached to a spring with spring constant k = 10 N/m and moves with simple harmonic motion over a horizontal, frictionless surface. At the instant that it is displaced from equilibrium by -0.060 m, what is its acceleration?

a. 360 m/s2
c. 3.0 m/s2
b. -30 m/s2
d. 0.18 m/s2


C

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