Mass Spring Damping System

The differential equation can be represented as shown below.

By assuming that the mass is a particle and slides on a frictionless

surface, lets derive the equation of motion of the system. Using
Newton's second law, which states that the mass times the
acceleration of the body is equal to the sum of forces acting on the
mass, or,

and by taking into consideration the sign of each force, a positive

sign for vectors pointing to the right and a negative sign for vectors
pointing to the left, we arrive at the following expression:

and substituting the functions for f , f and f , we get:

a

By dividing by the mass, we get: