This PhysCast deals with simple harmonic motion where dampening is present. The amplitude of a lightly damped oscillator decreases by 3.0% during each cycle. a) What percentage of the mechanical energy is lost in each cycle? b) What is the dampening coefficient for the 100 g mass if the cycle time is 1 sec?

Damped simple harmonic motion (PhysCasts)

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