Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Oscillations - Problems - Page 439: 59b

Answer

The number of oscillations is 5.3

Work Step by Step

The angular frequency of the damped oscillator $\omega^{\prime}$ is \begin{align*} \omega^{\prime}&=\sqrt{\frac{k}{m}-\frac{b^{2}}{4 m^{2}}}\\ & =\sqrt{\frac{8 \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{m}}{1.5 \mathrm{kg}}-\frac{10.23 \mathrm{kg} / \mathrm{s}^{2}}{4(1.50 \mathrm{kg}^2) }}\\ & =2.31 \mathrm{rad} / \mathrm{s} \end{align*} Using this value to get the period $T$ by \begin{align*} T = \dfrac{2\pi}{\omega^{\prime}} = \dfrac{2\pi}{2.31 \mathrm{rad} / \mathrm{s} } = 2.72 \,\text{s} \end{align*} The number of oscillations $n$ equals $(t/T)$ $$ n= \dfrac{t}{ T}= \dfrac{14.3 \mathrm{s}}{ 2.72 \mathrm{s}} = \boxed{5.3} $$
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