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document.write( "The vertical motion of a rubber raft on a lake approximates simple harmonic motion due to the waves. If the amplitude of the motion is 0.250 m and the period is 3.00 s, find an equation for the vertical displacement y as a function of the time t. SKETCH two cycles. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Form: y = asin(bx+c)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = amplitude = 0.25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "period = 2(pi)/b = 3 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore b = (2/3)pi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation y = 0.25sin[(2/3)pi]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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