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Why the motion of a satellite around a planet cannot be taken as `S.H.M` ?

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The motion of satellite around a planat is periodic motion. For `SHM`, the motion has to be both periodic and oscilatory.
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RESONANCE ENGLISH-SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION -Board Level Exercise
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  2. What is periodic motion ?

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  3. What is oscillatory motion ?

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  4. Are all periodic motions oscillatory ?

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  5. What is meant by S.H.M. ?

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  6. Define amplitude of S.H.M. ?

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  7. Why the motion of a satellite around a planet cannot be taken as S.H.M...

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  8. Is oscillation of a mass suspended by a spring simple harmonic ?

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  9. Which of the following examples represents (nearby) shm and which repr...

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  10. Fill in the blanks using appropriate word from the list at the end of ...

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  11. A restoring force is a must for a body to execute S.H.M Explain, why

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  12. A man is standing on a platform moving up and down as a S.H.M. will th...

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  13. An air chamber of volume V has a neck area of cross section A into whi...

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  14. Show that for a particle in linear SHM the average kinetic energy over...

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  15. A man with a wrist watch on his hand falls from the top of a tower. Do...

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  16. Time period of a particle in shm depends on the force constant k and m...

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  17. Figure a) shows a spring of force constant k clamped rigidly at once e...

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  18. (a) Define simple harmonic motion and derive, an expression for the pe...

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  19. Answer the following question What is the inverse of frequency of osc...

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  20. A simple pendulum of length L and having a bob of mass m is suspended ...

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  21. Define resonance and resonance energy. What are the conditions for res...

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