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Simple Harmonic Motion: why sin(wt) instead of sin(t)?
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[QUOTE="PeroK, post: 6056977, member: 493650"] Not all SHM has the same period. If we are measuring time in seconds, then ##\sin(t)## would imply a period of ##2\pi## seconds. Whereas, for ##\sin(\omega t)## the period is ##\frac{2\pi}{\omega}##, which covers the general case where ##\omega## determines the period (or vice versa). For example, if the period of the pendulum is 5 seconds, then ##\omega = \frac{2\pi}{5}##. [/QUOTE]
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