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16.3 Exercise 2

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The most important point here is that these equations are mathematically straightforward and are valid for all simple harmonic motion. They are very useful in visualizing waves associated with simple harmonic motion, including visualizing how waves add with one another.

A babysitter is pushing a child on a swing. At the point where the swing reaches XX, where would the corresponding point on a wave of this motion be located?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 16.3 Simple Harmonic Motion: A Special Periodic Motion, exercise 2

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