Question

In an attempt to save someone in a vertically falling car Spider-Man spins a web catching the 2000 kg car. The webbing has a spring constant of 22,000 N/m and the car is caught at t = 0 at a distance 0.500 m above equilibrium while it is still falling at a speed of -10.0 m/s. After this, the car goes into vertical SHM.

Wo = 3.32Hz

f = .528Hz

Period (T) = 1.89s

Find:

a) the amplitude

b) the phase angle

c) the time it takes the car to get to its lowest point (? = −?).

Answer 1

A problem on simple harmonic motion