Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (4th Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Oscillations - Exercises and Problems - Page 415: 4

Answer

$0.59s$

Work Step by Step

We know that $x(t)=Acos(\frac{2\pi t}{T})$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $6=10 cos(\frac{2\pi t}{4})$ $\implies \frac{2\pi t}{4}=arc \space cos (0.6)$ This simplifies to: $t=0.59s$
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