Question
A particle is in linear simple harmonic motion between two points, A and B, 10cm apart. Take the direction from A to B as the positive direction and give the signs of velocity, acceleration and force on the particle when it is:At 3cm away from A going towards B.

Answer


From above figure, where A and B represent the two extreme positions of a SHM. For velocity, the direction from A to B is taken to b positive. The acceleration and the force, along AP are taken as positive and along Bp are taken as negative.
At 3cm away from A going towards B, the particle is at R, with a tendency to move along RP, which is positive direction. Here, velocity, acceleration all are positive.

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