SOLUTION: A mass suspended by a spring oscillates in a simple harmonic motion. The mass completes 4 cycles per second, and the distance between the highest point and the lowest point of the

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Question 1110341: A mass suspended by a spring oscillates in a simple harmonic motion. The mass completes 4 cycles per second, and the distance between the highest point and the lowest point of the oscillation is 12 cm. Find an equation of the form y=asin wt that gives the distance of the mass from its rest position as a function of time.
Answer by ikleyn(52748) About Me  (Show Source):
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y = 6%2Asin%28%282pi%2At%29%2F4%29,   or, which is the same,


y = 6%2Asin%28pi%2At%2F2%29.


6 = 6 centimeters; t is in seconds.