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Suppose a tunnel is dug along a diameter of the earth. A particle is dropped from a point a distance h directly above the tunnel. The motion of the particle as seen from the earth is

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The acceleration of the partical always pointing towards center of earth and displacement of the partical is not proportional to displacement from earth surface hence the motion is not SHM as seen from earth surface.
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CENGAGE PHYSICS-LINEAR AND ANGULAR SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION-Exercise 4.1
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  2. The equation of displacement of two waves are given as y(1) = 10 si...

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  3. Suppose a tunnel is dug along a diameter of the earth. A particle is d...

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  4. The equation of motion of a particle started at t=0 is given by x=5sin...

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  5. A partical starts SHM frommean position O executing SHM A and B are th...

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  6. If the maximum speed and acceleration of a partical executing SHM is 2...

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  7. A partical is performing SHM of amplitude 'A' and time period 't'. Fi...

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  8. A particle of mass 2 kg is moving of a straight line under the actin f...

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  9. A partical executing simple harmonic motion has amplitude of 1 m and t...

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  10. In the previous question, find maximum velocity and maximum accelerati...

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  11. A partical in SHM ha a period of 4s .It takes time t(1) to start from ...

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  12. A particle is subjected to two simple harmonic motion in the same dire...

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  13. A particle executes SHM of period 1.2 s and amplitude 8cm. Find the ti...

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  14. A cylinder of mass M and radius R is resting on a horizontal platform ...

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  15. The figure shows the displacement-time graph of a particle executing S...

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  16. A boby excuting SHM has its velocity its 10 cm//see and7 cm//see when ...

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  17. A body undergoing SHM about the origin has its equation is given by X=...

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  18. The acceleration-displacement (a-X) graph of a particle executing simp...

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  19. A block is kept on a horizontal table. The stable is undergoing simple...

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  20. A linear harmonic oscillator has a total mechanical energy of 200 J. P...

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