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Transcribed Image Text:The figure below shows the x(t) curves for three experiments involving a particular spring-box system oscillating in SHM. (Use only ">" or "=" symbols. Do not include any
parentheses around the numbers or symbols.)
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(a) Rank the curves according to the system's angular frequency, greatest first.
1=2=3
(b) Rank the curves according to the spring's potential energy at t = 0, greatest first.
3>2=1
(c) Rank the curves according to the box's kinetic energy at t = 0, greatest first.
1>2>3
(d) Rank the curves according to the box's speed at t = 0, greatest first.
1>2>3
(e) Rank the curves according to the box's maximum kinetic energy, greatest first.
1>3>2
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