5th Edition

ISBN: 9780321976444

Author: James S. Walker

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 13, Problem 82GP

Calculate the ratio of the kinetic energy to the potential energy of a simple harmonic oscillator when its displacement is half its amplitude.

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