A Nail Is Stuck into the Side of a Car

question 11

Multiple Choice

A nail is stuck into the side of a car tire. As the car drives down a level road at constant speed, which of the following is simple harmonic motion?

• A)the motion of the center of the tire
• B)the vertical component of motion of the nail
• C)the horizontal component of motion of the nail
• D)both answers A and B
• E)none of the above

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