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A body weighing 2 pounds forces hangs from a spring with constant 4 lb / ft. The medium in which the body moves offers a resistance force to movement that is numerically equal to its instantaneous speed. If the weight is released 1/3 feet above its balance position with a downward speed of 9 feet per second, determine the speed at which time it passes through the balance position. Consider negative downward and positive upward magnitudes.