When a damping force is applied to a simple harmonic oscillator which has angular frequency w0 in the absence of damping, the new angular frequency w is such that
a. w < w0.
b. w = w0.
c. w > w0.
d. wT < w0T0.
e. wT > w0T0.
A
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