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title: "A block attached to an ideal spring oscillates along a horizontal surface in simple harmonic motion. The graph below shows the block’s velocity \\(v\\) as a function of its position \\(x\\). What is the magnitude of the maximum acceleration of the block during its motion?"
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# A block attached to an ideal spring oscillates along a horizontal surface in simple harmonic motion. The graph below shows the block’s velocity \(v\) as a function of its position \(x\). What is the magnitude of the maximum acceleration of the block during its motion?

A block attached to an ideal spring oscillates along a horizontal surface in simple harmonic motion. The graph below shows the block's velocity \(v\) as a function of its position \(x\). What is the magnitude of the maximum acceleration of the block during its motion?

![A Cartesian graph with horizontal axis labeled x in meters, marked from -0.30 to 0.30 in increments of 0.10, and vertical axis labeled v in meters per second, marked from -1.0 to 1.0 in increments of 0.20. An ellipse centered at the origin is plotted, passing through x-intercepts at (-0.20, 0) and (0.20, 0), and v-intercepts at (0, -0.80) and (0, 0.80). Light dashed grid lines extend across the plot area. No other labels, text, or curves appear.](https://nerd-notes.com/wp-content/uploads/ubq-frq-generated/stem-fig-1-1785829760-WUx7Je.jpg)

- **A.** \(3.2 \text{ m/s}^2\)
- **B.** \(4.0 \text{ m/s}^2\)
- **C.** \(6.4 \text{ m/s}^2\)
- **D.** \(16 \text{ m/s}^2\)

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