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

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Chapter 14 - Oscillations - Exercises and Problems - Page 405: 68

Answer

$ 6.03 \;\rm cm$

Work Step by Step

Our system undergoes a damping simple harmonic motion, so the maximum displacement is given by $$x_{(t)}=Ae^{-t/2\tau}$$ And since our system has an amplitude that decreases by 2.0% during each complete oscillation, so $x_{(t)}=0.98 A$. $$ 0.98\color{red}{\bf\not} A=\color{red}{\bf\not} Ae^{-t/2\tau}$$ Thus, $$\dfrac{-t}{2\tau}=\ln(0.98)$$ Now we can find $\tau$ since we know the period of one oscillation which is 0.5 s $$\tau=\dfrac{-T}{2\ln(0.98)}\tag 1$$ Now we know that the time our system would take for completing 25 full oscillations is $t=25T$ and hence its amplitude is given by $$x_{(25T)}=Ae^{-t/2\tau}=Ae^{-25T/2\tau}$$ Plugging from (1); $$x_{(25T)}=Ae^{-\color{red}{\bf\not} 2(25\color{red}{\bf\not} T)\ln(0.98)/-\color{red}{\bf\not} 2\color{red}{\bf\not} T}=Ae^{25T\ln(0.98)/ T}$$ $$x_{(25T)}= Ae^{ 25 \ln(0.98) }$$ We know that the initial amplitude is 10 cm, so $$x_{(25T)}= 10e^{ 25 \ln(0.98) }$$ $$x_{(25T)}=\color{red}{\bf 6.03}\;\rm cm$$
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