WEEK09--Bonus10 points
Simple Harmonic Motion

Submit your answers to these questions to phy211@unl.edu.
Label the file as Bonus-09. Be sure to put your name in the file.

OBJECTIVES:
*Write Newton's second law for a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion in one dimension and write the general solution for the resulting differential equation.
*Define the following terms as they relate to a simple harmonic oscillator:simple harmonic motion, amplitude, frequency (hertz), phase constant (or phase angle), angular frequency, period, spring constant, restoring force.
*Given the necessary information about a system oscillating harmonically in one
dimension, solve for any of the following - position as a function of time, angular frequency, period, amplitude, frequency, velocity, acceleration, mass, restoring force.

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