Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 15 - Oscillations - Questions - Page 435: 4a

Answer

Option (a) is not correct

Work Step by Step

The displacement $x(t)$ of SHM given by equation 15-3 in the form \begin{equation} x=x_{m} \cos (\omega t+\phi) \end{equation} The acceleration $a$ is the second derivation of the above equation \begin{equation*} a=-\omega^{2} x_{m} \cos (\omega t+\phi) = - \omega x \end{equation*} The acceleration is directly proportional to $x$ and negative, so option (a) is wrong
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