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Need help with simple harmonic motion!

  1. May 21, 2009 #1

    JenMel

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    1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
    If a particle undergoes SHM with amplitude 0.18 m, what is the total distance it travels in one period?


    2. Relevant equations



    3. The attempt at a solution




    My physics teacher did not explain any of this to us, and I just don't know where to start!
     
    JenMel, May 21, 2009
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  3. May 21, 2009 #2

    dx

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    Hi JenMel,

    The amplitude is the distance from the point of equilibrium to the point furthest from equilibrium that the particle reaches.
     
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    dx, May 21, 2009
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