Question

Write down whether the following motions are: translatory rectilinear (R), translatory curvilinear (C), rotatory (RO), or oscillatory (O).

The movement of a rocking chair.

Answer 1

• The movement of a rocking chair is oscillatory motion.
• Rocking chair repeat its position after equal interval of time.
• The to and fro motion of an item from its mean location is characterized as oscillatory motion.