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mexqwerty
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The question is:
A 56.0 kg bungy-jumper hangs suspended from her bungy-cord, at rest. She is displaced from this position by 15.0 m downward, and then released. She bounces up and down, with a period of 5.800 s. Assume the woman undergoes simple harmonic motion, described by
y(t) = X cos(2 π t / T + φ)
Where is the woman after 43.20 s of bouncing? (enter a negative value if she is below her rest position).
The answer is 14.2m.
I've been using x=Xcos(2*pi*t/T) --> 15cos(2pi43.2/5.8) = 10.27m. This equation was in my book. What did I do wrong? Am I supposed to use y(t) = X cos(2 π t / T + φ? In that case, I don't know what φ is...
A 56.0 kg bungy-jumper hangs suspended from her bungy-cord, at rest. She is displaced from this position by 15.0 m downward, and then released. She bounces up and down, with a period of 5.800 s. Assume the woman undergoes simple harmonic motion, described by
y(t) = X cos(2 π t / T + φ)
Where is the woman after 43.20 s of bouncing? (enter a negative value if she is below her rest position).
The answer is 14.2m.
I've been using x=Xcos(2*pi*t/T) --> 15cos(2pi43.2/5.8) = 10.27m. This equation was in my book. What did I do wrong? Am I supposed to use y(t) = X cos(2 π t / T + φ? In that case, I don't know what φ is...