Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Oscillations - Exercises and Problems - Page 403: 27

Answer

See the figure below.

Work Step by Step

We know that the position of a damping system is given by $$x_{(t)}=Ae^{-t/2\tau}\cos(\omega t+\phi_0)$$ We need to make some assumptions to draw a good sketch. Let's assume that $A=1$ and that $\phi_0=0$. Now we need to plug the given and the assumptions. $$x_{(t)}=1\cdot e^{-t/2(4)}\cos(2\pi f t+ 0)$$ $$x_{(t)}= e^{-t/8}\cos(2\pi (1)t )$$ $$\boxed{x_{(t)}= e^{-t/8}\cos(2\pi t )}\tag{$0\leq t\leq10$}$$ Now we can use any software calculator to sketch our graph from $t=0$ s to $t=10$ s. See the figure below.
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