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Unit 8: Simple harmonic motion
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Remember swingsets? You can swing high on them, but you can't get the swing to do a full circle. This is because of harmonic motion, which keeps an object oscillating (moving back and forth) within a specific range of motion. Let's explore harmonic motion and its applications.
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- Simple harmonic motion: Finding frequency and period from graphsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
- Simple harmonic motion: Finding speed, velocity, and displacement from graphsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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- Spring-mass systems: Calculating frequency, period, mass, and spring constantGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
- Analyzing graphs of spring-mass systemsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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- Period and frequency of simple pendulumsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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- Analyzing energy for a simple harmonic oscillator from graphsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
- Analyzing energy for a simple harmonic oscillator from data tablesGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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