Assignment:
A block of mass M= 10 kg is on a frictionless horizontal surface. A small block whose mass is m= 1.0 kg is placed on the larger block. The coefficient of friction between the two blocks is u= .40. The two blocks execute SHM with a period T= 1.5 sec.
Find Xm, the maximum amplitude possible, for which the small block does not slide on the surface of the larger block.
Note that the moving object is shown located at +Xm, where the maximum leftward net force on its maximum friction force 'u m g'.