A particle is performing simple harmonic motion along r-axis with amplitude 4 cm and time period 1 .2 sec. The minimum time taken by the particle to move from x=2 cm to x = + 4 cm and back again is given by
Time taken by particle to move from x = 0 (mean position) to x = 4 (extreme position) =
Let t be the time taken by the particle to move from x=0 to x=2cm
Hence time to move from x = 2 to x = 4 will be equal to 0.3 - 0.1 = 0.2 s
Hence total time to move from x = 2 to x = 4 and back again -2 x 0.2 = 0.4 sec