Harmonic Motion

Practice Questions

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Questions
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1

A pendulum is made up of a small mass that hangs on the end of a long string of negligible mass. The pendulum is displaced by and allowed to undergo harmonic motion. What is the angular frequency of the resulting motion?

2

For a simple harmonic motion governed by Hooke's Law, , if is the period then the quantity is equivalent to which of the following?

3

If the mass of a simple pendulum is quadrupled, then its period __________.

4

A violin string long has a linear density of . What is the string tension if the second harmonic has a frequency of ?

5

A pendulum on earth has a period of . What is it's period on Mars with it's gravity is

6

Which of the following is not an example of simple harmonic motion?

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