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Relating Circular Motion to SHM

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A particle is fastened at the end of a string and is whirled in a vertical circle with the other end of the string being fixed. The motion of the particle is
(a) periodic
(b) oscillatory
(c) simple harmonic
(d) angular simple harmonic

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Solution

(a) periodic

Because the particle completes one rotation in a fixed interval of time but does not oscillate around a mean position.

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