Timeline for What's wrong with this equation for harmonic oscillation?
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| Apr 15, 2012 at 22:28 | vote | accept | Ayush | ||
| Apr 15, 2012 at 22:28 | vote | accept | Ayush | ||
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| Apr 15, 2012 at 22:28 | comment | added | Ayush | Aha!! Got it! They wanted the amplitude in the equation expressed in cm (why?? I assumed they'd want the SI unit). Anyways, the hint about the phase also helped. | |
| Apr 15, 2012 at 22:24 | comment | added | Ayush | I see your point, and so I tried $$ x = 0.017 cos(6.91t + 3 \pi / 2) $$ as well, but it's still wrong! | |
| Apr 15, 2012 at 22:18 | history | answered | celtschk | CC BY-SA 3.0 |