Friday, November 4, 2011

When a car hits a bump on the road, a shock absorber on the car is compressed a distance of 5 in.?

then released. The shock absorber vibrates in damped harmonic motion with a frequency of 3 cycles per second. The damping constant for this particular chock absorber is 2.5. How long does it take for the amplitude to decrease to 0.2 in?

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