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: 69

Answer

$\approx 25\;\rm s$

Work Step by Step

Our system undergoes a damping simple harmonic motion, so the maximum displacement is given by $$x_{(t)}=Ae^{−t/2\tau}$$ The ball amplitude became half the initial amplitude after 30 oscillations which means after $t=30T$, so $$0.5\color{red}{\bf\not} A=\color{red}{\bf\not} Ae^{−30T/2\tau}$$ Thus, $$\dfrac{−30T}{2\tau}=\ln(0.5)$$ Solving for $\tau$; $$\tau=\dfrac{−30T}{2\ln(0.5)}\tag1 $$ Now we need to find the period which is given by $$\omega=2\pi f=\sqrt{\dfrac{k}{m}}$$ where $f=1/T$, so $$ \dfrac{2\pi}{T}=\sqrt{\dfrac{k}{m}}$$ Hence, $$T=2\pi\sqrt{\dfrac{m}{k}} $$ Plug into (1) and then plug the known; $$\tau=\dfrac{−30 \left(2\pi\sqrt{\dfrac{m}{k}}\right)}{2\ln(0.5)}=\dfrac{−30 \left(2\pi\sqrt{\dfrac{0.50}{15}}\right)}{2\ln(0.5)} $$ $$\tau =\color{red}{\bf 24.8}\;\rm s$$
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