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Homework Statement
Deriving the equation for simple harmonic motion, x = Asinωt, graphically.
Homework Equations
ω = 2πf, where f = 1/T
2. The attempt at a solution
Take a sine curve as the simple harmonic motion (displacement, x, on y-axis; time, t, on x-axis), then transform it.
The min/max is the amplitude, so we can stretch the graph to say that x = Asin(t).
However, I can't quite get my head around where the ω comes from - I realize that there is a horizontal stretch which must be somehow related to the time period, but I can't quite see why it is 2πf.