Practice Simple Harmonic Motion (shm) (3.3) - Cams and Followers

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Question 1.
Describe Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) in your own words.
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Think about motions like swings or pendulums.
Question 2.
Identify one example of SHM from everyday life.
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What moves back and forth smoothly?
3Question 3.
What defines Simple Harmonic Motion?
- Constant speed motion
- Sinusoidal oscillation around an equilibrium
- Linear motion
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Think of how a pendulum moves.
4Question 4.
True or False: In SHM, velocity and acceleration remain constant.
- True
- False
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Recall how the pendulum speeds up and slows down.
Question 5.
A mass on a spring undergoes SHM with a period of 2 seconds. Calculate the frequency of this motion.
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Use the formula f = 1/T.
Question 6.
If the maximum displacement (amplitude) of a pendulum in SHM is 0.5m, what is the displacement at π/2 radians?
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Remember that sin(90°) equals 1.

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