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    Harmonic Motion 2: Sally & Mommy Ride the Least Exciting Carnival Ride

    The world's least exciting carnival ride consists of a cloth sling (of negligible mass) hanging by a spring of force constant k = 225 N/m. Children sit in the sling and bob up and down slowly. How exciting ... Little Sally tries the ride. She gets into the sling, and, after Cletus the Carny...
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    Finding the Period of Oscillation for an Elevator After a Minor Earthquake

    An elevator of mass M = 300 kg hangs at the end of a long, thin steel cable: it has length L = 96 m and diameter d = 3 mm. A minor earthquake shakes the entire building. After the quake passes, the elevator continues to bob up and down for a long time. What is the period of oscillation? i used...
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