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divyaushadam
Mar31-04, 11:45 PM
a small creature moves with a constant speed in a vertical circle on a bright day.does its shadow formed by the sun on a hortizantal plane move in simple harmonic motion

cookiemonster
Apr1-04, 12:00 AM
What exactly is a "vertical circle?"

cookiemonster

Guybrush Threepwood
Apr1-04, 01:46 AM
probably a circle drawn in a plane perpendicular to Earth.......

Chen
Apr1-04, 02:46 AM
Assuming the sun is directly above the creature, then yes, since the shadow would outline the creature's circular motion in only one of the axes.

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/java/shm/shm.html