document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1117620>Question 1117620</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A hanging spring is compressed 3 inches from its rest position and released at t = 0 seconds. It returns to the same position after 0.8 seconds. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " a) the amplitude of the motion \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) the period of the motion\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) the frequency of the motion \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d) a function that models the displacement, y, of the end of the spring from the rest position at time, t.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e) the displacement from the rest position at t= 3 min rounded to the tenths place<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)amplitude is the distance between the midline of a wave and its crest or trough:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/2 = 1.5 inches<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) The period T is the time it takes a wave to complete one cycle:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T = 0.8s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) A wave's frequency f is the number of cycles that are completed in a certain amount of time:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/0.8 = f 1.25 Hz<BR>\n" );
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