THE PRACTICE STUDIO
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PRACTICE / Energy in SHM
Share the energy at half amplitude
An ideal oscillator is at displacement x = A/2 from equilibrium.
What fraction of its total energy is kinetic?
Organize the givens & assumptions
- x/A = 1/2
Ideal undamped Hookean oscillator; potential energy zero at equilibrium; fixed total mechanical energy.
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- D
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