Determine the kinetic and potential energies

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A simple harmonic oscillator has a total energy of E.

(a) Determine the kinetic and potential energies when the displacement is one fourth the amplitude. (Give your answer in terms of the total energy E of the oscillator.)

kinetic energy

potential energy

(b) For what value of the displacement does the kinetic energy equal one third the potential energy? (Give your answer in terms of the amplitude A of the oscillator.)

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