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Can someone check my work please I'm pretty sure I don't have the right answer but I can't figure out what I have wrong.
The question is:
A simple harmonic oscillator has total energy E=1/2kA^2
where A is the amplitude of oscillation.
For what value of the displacement does the kinetic energy equal the potential energy?
So I figure that if KE is equal to PE, then PE=1/2E
Therefore:
1/2kx^2 =1/2(1/2kA^2)
kx^2 = 1/2kA^2
x = 1/4A
Any ideas?
The question is:
A simple harmonic oscillator has total energy E=1/2kA^2
where A is the amplitude of oscillation.
For what value of the displacement does the kinetic energy equal the potential energy?
So I figure that if KE is equal to PE, then PE=1/2E
Therefore:
1/2kx^2 =1/2(1/2kA^2)
kx^2 = 1/2kA^2
x = 1/4A
Any ideas?