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Tanya Sharma said:I think I have confused myself by the usage of ‘x’ and xe .Initially I was using ‘x’ as extension in the spring and xe as equilibrium length of the spring .But as suggested by Vela in post#34 and by use of ehild in post#35 ,’x’ is being used as relative distance between the masses and xe as extension in the spring from its natural length at equilibrium .
No, I used x as you did x=x2-x1-L, , and xe is its value at equilibrium.
Tanya Sharma said:The equilibrium length of the spring is xe+L .The separation between masses at any instant is x ,
No, the separation between masses is x+L.
But it would be less confusing to use x=x2-x1 as variable.
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