Question
What provides the restoring force for simple harmonic oscillations in the following cases?
  1. Simple pendulum.
  2. Spring.
  3. Column of mercury in U-tube.

Answer

  1. Part of the force of gravity.
  2. Elastic restoring force.
  3. Force due to difference in column of mercury or pressure difference between the levels on the two limbs.

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