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If a particle undergoes SHM with amplitude 0.16 m what is the total distance it travels in one period?
what is the total distance it travels in one period?If a particle undergoes SHM with amplitude 0.16 m what is the total distance it travels in one period?

Answer 1

The amplitude of the particle in simple harmonic motion is is .

The distance traveled by the particle from one extreme point to other is .

In one period the particle will travel from one extreme position to the other (a distance of 2A) and back again.

Therefore, the total distance traveled is .

Substitute .

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The total distance traveled in one period is .