A cat is sleeping on a platform that oscillates from side to side in SHM. The combined mass of the cat and platform is 5.00 kg, and the force constant of the horizontal spring attached to the platform that makes it oscillate is 185 N/m. Ignore friction. (a) What is the frequency of the oscillation? (b) The cat will wake up if the acceleration of the platform is greater than 1.52 m/s2. What is the maximum amplitude of oscillation that will allow the cat to stay asleep?

A cat is sleeping on a platform that oscillates from side to side in SHM. The combined mass of the cat and platform is 5.00 kg, and the force constant of the horizontal spring attached to the platform that makes it oscillate is 185 N/m. Ignore friction. (a) What is the frequency of the oscillation? (b) The cat will wake up if the acceleration of the platform is greater than 1.52 m/s2. What is the maximum amplitude of oscillation that will allow the cat to stay asleep?

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