3.3 - Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
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Practice Questions
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Describe Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) in your own words.
💡 Hint: Think about motions like swings or pendulums.
Identify one example of SHM from everyday life.
💡 Hint: What moves back and forth smoothly?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What defines Simple Harmonic Motion?
💡 Hint: Think of how a pendulum moves.
True or False: In SHM, velocity and acceleration remain constant.
💡 Hint: Recall how the pendulum speeds up and slows down.
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Challenge Problems
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A mass on a spring undergoes SHM with a period of 2 seconds. Calculate the frequency of this motion.
💡 Hint: Use the formula f = 1/T.
If the maximum displacement (amplitude) of a pendulum in SHM is 0.5m, what is the displacement at π/2 radians?
💡 Hint: Remember that sin(90°) equals 1.
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