I really need help with this question. So if someone could help, that'd be great.

Ed is sitting on the dock and observes a cylindrical buoy bobbing vertically in calm water. He observes that the period of osciallation is 5 sec and that 4 ft of the buoy is above water when it reaches its maximum height and 2 ft above water when it is at its minimum height. An old seaman tells Ed that the buoy weighs 2000lbs.

a) How will this buoy behave in rough waters, with the waves 6 ft from crest to trough, and with a period of 7 sec if you neglect damping?

b) Will the buoy ever be submerged?

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I really need help with this question. So if someone could help, that'd be great.

Ed is sitting on the dock and observes a cylindrical buoy bobbing vertically in calm water. He observes that the period of osciallation is 5 sec and that 4 ft of the buoy is above water when it reaches its maximum height and 2 ft above water when it is at its minimum height. An old seaman tells Ed that the buoy weighs 2000lbs.

a) How will this buoy behave in rough waters, with the waves 6 ft from crest to trough, and with a period of 7 sec if you neglect damping?

b) Will the buoy ever be submerged?