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A body executes SHM with an amplitude a. At what displacement from the mean positions, the potentail energy of the body is one-fourth of its total energy?

A

`(A)/(4)`

B

`(A)/(2)`

C

`(3A)/(4)`

D

Some other fraction of A

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