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?


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

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In a system with two moving objects, when a collision occurs between the objects:

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A. +x direction B. -x direction C. +y direction D. -y direction E. +z direction F. -z direction T. The field is zero.

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Earth's mantle is

a. metallic. b. very dense gas. c. solid. d. liquid.

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