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Categorize the motion as periodic or oscillatory motion
(I) Motion of planets around the sun.
(ii) A weighted test tube floating in a liquid pressed down and released
(ii) Motion of hands of a clock.

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Periodic motion - (i) , (ii) and (iii)
Oscillatory motion -(ii)
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  • Motion of a liquid in a tube is describe by

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    Bernoullis theorem
    B
    Poiseuille's equation
    C
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