A sewing machine needle moves up and down in simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 1.27 cm and a frequency of 2.55 Hz

(a) What is the maximum speed of the needle?
(b) What is the maximum acceleration of the needle?
What will be an ideal response?


Answer: (a) 20.3 cm/s (b) 326 cm/s2

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