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Second-Order Linear Equations · Challenge problem

A 11 kg mass on a spring with constant 2020 N/m and a dashpot with damping constant 44 N⋅\cdots/m obeys y′′+4y′+20y=0y'' + 4y' + 20y = 0. It is struck at equilibrium, y(0)=0y(0) = 0, y′(0)=8y'(0) = 8 m/s. Its energy is E=12y′2+10y2E = \tfrac12 y'^2 + 10y^2 joules. How much energy does the dashpot absorb during the first full oscillation, that is, until the mass next passes through equilibrium moving in the positive direction?