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Q.11 - Excercises And Problems

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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics

Book edition 4th
Author(s) Randall D. Knight
Pages 1240 pages
ISBN 9780133942651

An object in simple harmonic motion has amplitude and frequency , and at it passes through the equilibrium point moving to the right. Write the function that describes the object’s position.

function that describes the object's position is

See the step by step solution

amplitude

frequency

Step 2: Explanation

The wave equation is in the form

The angular frequency is in the form

The initial condition is at , the object passes through the equilibrium to the right.

In order the cosine term to be zero it should satisfy the following condition:

The object is moving right in positive direction, so its velocity is positive at . The velocity function is the derivative of the position function:

Then, should be negative, therefore should be negative

The equation now takes the form of substituting the values of angular frequency