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Simple Harmonic Motion of a Violin String
Open A on the Violin has a frequency of 440 Hz. If the A string is plucked so
its initial location of oscillation is /2, and it oscillates with an amplitude of
1.0mm, what would the velocity of the string be after 2.0 seconds?
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We know that the equation for Velocity is: V(t)=(A)sin(t+)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1) Write out your knowns
A= 1mm, or 0.001 m
t= 2.0 s
=/2
f= 440 Hz
T=?
=?
!
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2) Find your unknowns
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The period, T, can be found with the equation T=1/f, and because we know
that f is 440Hz, its easy to solve for the period!
T=1/440
!
!
 is equal to 2/T, so just sub in our value for T.
= 2/(1/440)
!
3) Sub into our equation for velocity
!
V(t)=(A)sin(t+)
V(2.0s)=
[(2/(1/440)rad/second)(0.001 m)] x sin[(2/(1/440)rad/second)(2.0s)+(/2)]
!
This gives us V(2.0)=2.76460 m/s OR 2760 mm/s..Thats pretty fast!
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4) Rationalize your answer
Look at a simple graph of Sin, try to think of all of the variables we are using
in terms of this graph.
 describes different possible initial locations of the oscillation (in our
example this is /2) and A is the amplitude of the curve (1 mm). We Pulled the
string 1 mm, to its position of /2 to start the oscillation.
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  • 1. Simple Harmonic Motion of a Violin String Open A on the Violin has a frequency of 440 Hz. If the A string is plucked so its initial location of oscillation is /2, and it oscillates with an amplitude of 1.0mm, what would the velocity of the string be after 2.0 seconds? ! We know that the equation for Velocity is: V(t)=(A)sin(t+) 1) Write out your knowns A= 1mm, or 0.001 m t= 2.0 s =/2 f= 440 Hz T=? =? ! !
  • 2. 2) Find your unknowns ! The period, T, can be found with the equation T=1/f, and because we know that f is 440Hz, its easy to solve for the period! T=1/440 ! ! is equal to 2/T, so just sub in our value for T. = 2/(1/440) ! 3) Sub into our equation for velocity ! V(t)=(A)sin(t+) V(2.0s)= [(2/(1/440)rad/second)(0.001 m)] x sin[(2/(1/440)rad/second)(2.0s)+(/2)] ! This gives us V(2.0)=2.76460 m/s OR 2760 mm/s..Thats pretty fast! ! 4) Rationalize your answer Look at a simple graph of Sin, try to think of all of the variables we are using in terms of this graph. describes different possible initial locations of the oscillation (in our example this is /2) and A is the amplitude of the curve (1 mm). We Pulled the string 1 mm, to its position of /2 to start the oscillation. !