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Homework Statement
Consider a mass attached to four identical springs, as shown in the figure. Each spring has a force constant k and an unstretched length lo, and the length of each spring when the mass is at equilibrium at the origin is a (not necessarily the same as lo). When the mass is displaced by a small distance, show that its potential energy has the form (1/2)kor2 appropriate to an isotropic harmonic oscillator. Express the constant ko in terms of k.
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The Attempt at a Solution
I just need help with interpreting this. The question didn't specify, it only told me they were different.