A simple harmonic oscillator has an amplitude a and time period $T$. The time required by it to travel from $x = a$ to $x = \frac{a }{2}$ is
  • A$T / 6$
  • B$T / 4$
  • C$T / 3$
  • D$T / 2$
AIPMT 1992, Medium
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