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PhysicsSHMMiscellaneousMedium2 minQB
PhysicsMediummultiple choice

A particle slides back and forth between two inclined frictionless planes joined smoothly at the bottom. The particle : (Consider that speed of particle won't change at the instant of change of incline.)

Options:(select one or more)

Answer:
B, D
Solution:

Acceleration has constant magnitude g sin(theta) on each incline and is not proportional to displacement, so the motion is periodic but not SHM.

Time to descend one incline from height h is ; the full period is four such times.

Answer: B,D

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