Shock absorbers in a car are used to dampen energy imparted to the car on bouncing over speed bumps for instance. a) Describe how a car would react to a bump in these three conditions: if the shock absorbers were " overdamped; " underdamped and " critically damped. b) Which one of the three you would prefer to be installed in your car? Motivate your preference. c) Plot on one single figure rough but informative graphs of the three situations in sub- question a). make sure to label each one.

Shock absorbers in a car are used to dampen energy imparted to the car on bouncing over speed bumps for instance. a) Describe how a car would react to a bump in these three conditions: if the shock absorbers were " overdamped; " underdamped and " critically damped. b) Which one of the three you would prefer to be installed in your car? Motivate your preference. c) Plot on one single figure rough but informative graphs of the three situations in sub- question a). make sure to label each one.