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Simple hormonic motion
Question

The phase difference between the displacement and acceleration of a particle executing simple harmonic motion is

Moderate
Solution

Since y = A sin  and a = -ω2 A sin 

And -sin  = sin (+π)

So, acceleration is ahead of displacement by a phase π.

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