what do you mean?CrashOveride said:Yes it;s on BOS.
I question from the paper itself:
A particle moving in a striahgt line is performing SHM. At time t seconds it has displacement x metres from a fixed point O on the line, velocity v m/s and acceleration x'' m/s^2 given by x'' = -4(x-2). The particle is at rest at the point O.
Show v<sup>2</sup> = -4x<sup>2</sup> + 16x
Perhaps its a bit late...but i cant see how to derive a condition for this question? It's clear that O is actually an extremity point. The suggested condition is when x=0, v=0
newton's first law of inertia equilibrium: a body acted on by no net force moves with constant velocity.CrashOveride said:O is the fixed point where velocity, not accleration, is zero (at rest means 0 velocity)
We know x=2 is centre because thats where accleration is zero, and its given its moving in SHM.
We know velocity is zero at the extremity points, so O must be one of the extremity points.
I don't see how physics can come in here, these kinds of questions are usually quite straight forard. I don't get there condition when x=0, v=0. Where did they derive this from
U legend!!abdo said:i have it
Coca Cola, an object with v = 0 and a = 0 is stationary and will remain so. It isn't moving in SHM because it isn't moving at all.coca cola said:now the initial conditions are v=0, a=0, and x=2 as i've derived earlier. is this enough conditions for you to solve the problem?
You have said at x=0, v=0. I assume you have infered O to be the centre of motion? But we can see from the acceleration equation given above that x=2 is actually the centre of oscillation. If I utilize the v<sup>2</sup> = n<sup>2</sup>(a<sup>2</sup> - x<sup>2</sup> and input v=0 we see that the point O is actually the extremity point - and we also know as common knowledge that the velocity is zero(particle is at rest) at the extremity points.CM_Tutor said:CrashOveride - I don't see the problem. We have x'' = -4(x - 2), and the particle is at rest at O.
x'' = d/dx(v2 / 2) = -4x + 8
v2 / 2 = ∫ -4x + 8 dx
v2 / 2 = -(4x2 / 2) + 8x + C
Now, at x = 0, v = 0: 0 = 0 + 0 + C
So, C = 0
So, v2 = -4x2 + 16x, as required.
Am I missing something?