When an object is hanging on the end of a vertical spring, what is the amplitude of the oscillating up-and-down motion?
a. The distance the object travels from its equilibrium point to either its lowest point or highest point.
b. The length of time the object takes to travel from one point it can reach back to the same point.
c. Its journey from one point it can reach back to the same point.
d. The distance the object travels from its highest point to its lowest point.
e. The number of cycles the wave undergoes in a unit of time.
a
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