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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
No, periodic motion isn't always oscillatory. It may not involve back-and-forth movement about an equilibrium point. Some known examples include circular motion in satellites or planets.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
A simple pendulum shows simple harmonic motion only for small angular displacements. Otherwise, its motion is oscillatory but not purely SHM.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
Tension in the string and gravitational force are common forces. These forces are resolved into tangential and radial components.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
For small displacements, sinθ≈θ (in radians), the small-angle approximation simplifies pendulum motion equations and makes it to approximate simple harmonic motion.
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11 months agoContributor-Level 10
Statement I is true as atoms are electrically neutral because they contain equal number of positive and negative charges.
Statement II is wrong as atom of most of the elements are stable and emit characteristic spectrum. But this statement is not true for every atom.
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11 months agoA thermodynamic system is taken through the cycle abcda. The work done by the gas along the path is:
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Path is an isochoric process.
Work done by gas along path is zero.
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