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If an object on a horizontal, frictionless surface is attached to a spring, displaced, and then released, it will oscillate. If it is displaced 0.120m from its equilibrium position and released with zero initial speed, then after 0.800sits displacement is found to be 0.120mon the opposite side, and it has passed the equilibrium position once during this interval. Find (a) the amplitude, (b) the period; (c) the frequency.

Short Answer

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(a) The amplitude is 0.120 m.

(b) The period is 1.6 s.

(c) The frequency is 0.625 Hz.

Step by step solution

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Step 1: Definition of amplitude, period, and frequency. 

The amplitude of motion can be defined as the maximum distance that an object travels before coming back to its original position.

The period can be defined as the time taken required to complete one cycle or oscillation.

Frequency is defined as the number of oscillations done by an object per second.

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Step 2: (a) Calculate the amplitude.

It is given that the spring travels from -0.120mto +0.120m. Thus, its amplitude is the maximum distance its travels from the equilibrium position.

Therefore, the amplitude is 0.120m.

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Step 3: (b) Calculate the period.

Consider the given data as below.

Time,t=0.800s

In this question, the given time is the time required by object to complete half cycle i.e. it moves either left or right from the origin in that given time. Therefore, the time period in this case will be,

t=T2T=2t

Here, T is the time period.

Substitute value of in above expression to get time period.

role="math" localid="1663932862451" T=20.800S=1.6S

Therefore, the time period is1.6S .

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Step 4: (c) Determine frequency.

The relation between frequency and time period is given by,

f=1T

Substitute value of in above expression to get frequency

f=11.6s=0.625Hz

Therefore, the frequency is 0.625 Hz.

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