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Sinusoidal Nature of Simple Harmonic Motion
Mass on Spring Producing Sine Wave
The vertical position of an object bouncing on a spring is recorded on a strip of moving paper, leaving a sine wave.
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"OpenStax College, College Physics. October 8, 2012."
http://cnx.org/content/m42242/latest/?collection=col11406/1.7
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