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Can a motion be oscillatory but not simple harmonic? If your answer is yes give an example and if not explain why?

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Yes, when a ball is dropped from a height on a perfectly elastic plane surface, the motino of ball is oscillatory but not simple harmonic as restoring force `F=mg=` constant and not `Fprop-y`.
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