A Ball Is Oscillating on an Ideal Spring with an Amplitude

question 67

Short Answer

A ball is oscillating on an ideal spring with an amplitude of 8.3 cm and a period of 4.6 s. Write an expression for its position, x , as a function of time t , if x is equal to 8.3 cm at t= 0.0 s. Use the cosine function.

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Definitions:

Receptive Field

The specific area within the visual world that elicits a response from any sensory neuron.

Lamellated Corpuscles

Pressure receptors in the skin and other organs that respond to deep pressure and vibration.

Ruffini Corpuscles

Sensory receptors in the skin that respond to stretch and sustained pressure.

Two-Point Discrimination

The ability of the skin to distinguish two nearby points as separate stimuli, a measure of sensory nerve function.