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The displacement of a particle in simple harmonic motion in one time period is
(a) A
(b) 2A
(c) 4A
(d) zero

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(d) zero

Displacement is defined as the distance between the starting and the end point through a straight line. In one complete oscillation, the net displacement is zero as the particle returns to its initial position.

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