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To cause a displacement of a body controlled by elastic forces, work has to be done. For example, work has to be done in stretching a spring against the elastic forces. This work will be stored in the body as potential energy. When the deforming force is released, this potential energy manifests in the form of kinetic energy which makes the body to move. Thus, a body in SHM, has both potential energy and kinetic energy.
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