A 2-kg mass is attached to a spring hanging from the ceiling, thereby causing the spring to stretch 20 cm upon coming to rest at equilibrium. At time t 0, the mass is displaced 5 cm below the equilibrium position and released. At this same instant, an exter- nal force 0.3 cos t N is applied to the system. If the damping constant for the system is 5 N-sec/m, determine the equation of motion for the mass. What is the resonance frequency for the system

An insurance company wants to know if the average speed at which men drive cars is higher than that of women drivers. the company took a random sample of 27 cars driven by men on a highway and found the mean speed to be 72 miles per hour with a standard deviation of 2.2 miles per hour. another sample of 18 cars driven by women on the same highway gave a mean speed of 68 miles per hour with a standard deviation of 2.5 miles per hour. assume that the speeds at which all men and all women drive cars on this highway are both approximately normally distributed with unknown and unequal population standard deviations.

The scalar triple product computes the magnitude m of the moment of a force vector f about a specified line. it is m = (r × f) · n, where r is the position vector from the line to the point of application of the force and n is a unit vector in the direction of the line. use matlab to compute the magnitude m for the case where f = [12, −5, 4] n, r = [−3, 5, 2] m, and n = [6, 5, −7].

Explain how a step-down transformer makes electricity safe for use in homes