Use the force-versus-displacement graph. Displacement right and force right are positive. Which statement matches the motion if the cart is released from x = +0.20 m?

Use the graph of net force versus displacement from x = 0. Rightward is positive. What does the graph imply about a glider released from x = +0.20 m?

A cart's net force is graphed against displacement from the point labeled 0 m. Rightward is positive. Which conclusion is best?

The graph shows net force on a bead versus displacement from x = 0. Rightward is positive. Which verdict is supported?

A sensor records the graphed net force as a cart moves near the point labeled 0 m. What can you conclude about x = 0?

A rubber band pulls a glider only after it has stretched past a small slack region. The measured net force is graphed. Which statement is best?

The graph gives net force on a cart versus displacement from equilibrium. Rightward is positive. Which release would fit simple harmonic motion?

A 0.40 kg block hangs from a vertical spring and is pulled below its resting position. The diagram shows forces at the lowest point. What is the restoring force?

A cart attached to a horizontal spring is displaced left of equilibrium. The free-body diagram is shown. Which force acts as the restoring force along the motion?

A pendulum bob is displaced a small distance to the right and released. The diagram shows the real forces on the bob. Which part produces the restoring effect along the arc?

A floating cylinder is pushed 0.04 m below its normal floating height. The diagram shows the forces at that instant. What is the restoring force?

A cart between two identical springs is displaced to the right. The free-body diagram shows the forces on the cart. Which statement identifies the restoring force?

A 1.2 m pendulum swings through a maximum angle of 6 degrees on either side of vertical. Is its motion well modeled as simple harmonic?

A pendulum is released from 60 degrees from vertical and swings back and forth without much energy loss. How should the motion be classified?

A rubber ball bounces vertically on a hard floor, reaching nearly the same height after each bounce. Between impacts, only gravity acts. Which statement is correct?

A peg moves around a circle at constant speed, and a lamp projects its shadow onto a straight horizontal screen through the circle's center. How does the shadow move?

A block attached to a spring slides on a rough horizontal track, so kinetic friction has nearly constant magnitude opposite the motion. Which classification is best?

A mass hangs from a rubber band that goes slack whenever the mass rises above the band's unstretched length. It repeats up-and-down motion. Is it simple harmonic?

A uniform cylinder floats upright in water. When pushed down a small distance, the extra displaced water produces an extra upward force proportional to the distance pushed. What follows?

A small ball rolls back and forth near the bottom of a smooth parabolic bowl. For small horizontal displacements, the component of gravity along the surface is proportional to displacement. What is the motion?

A car's suspension bounces after a bump, but shock absorbers make each bounce smaller because a resistive force depends on velocity. Which statement is best?

A cart is connected between two identical springs. When displaced a distance x to the right, each spring exerts a force kx to the left. Which statement is true?

A spring-block oscillator passes through x = 0, its equilibrium position. Which statement about that instant is correct?

A block oscillates between x = -0.25 m and x = +0.25 m. Rightward is positive. At x = +0.25 m, the block is momentarily at rest. What is its acceleration?

A mass on a spring has amplitude 0.20 m. At x = +0.10 m, how does the restoring force compare with its maximum magnitude?

A cart on a frictionless spring track is at x = -0.15 m and moving toward equilibrium. Rightward is positive. Which pair is correct?

A vertical mass-spring system oscillates about its resting position. At the highest point, the mass is above equilibrium and momentarily at rest. Which statement is correct?

A small-angle pendulum passes through the bottom of its swing. At that instant, which statement about motion along the arc is correct?

For a spring oscillator, compare the acceleration at x = +0.08 m with the acceleration at x = -0.08 m. Rightward is positive.

A block reaches x = -A, the left endpoint of its spring motion. What are its velocity and acceleration at that instant?

The shadow of a marker in uniform circular motion is at its rightmost position on a screen. What is true about the shadow's motion along the screen?

In a simple harmonic oscillator, displacement from equilibrium increases from 0.050 m to 0.100 m. What happens to the restoring force magnitude?

A 0.30 kg cart is attached to a spring with k = 45 N/m. The cart is held at x = +0.12 m, with rightward positive. What is the restoring force at release?

A spring with k = 80 N/m holds a glider at x = -0.050 m from equilibrium. Rightward is positive. What restoring force acts on the glider?

A 0.50 kg block on a frictionless track is at x = +0.30 m on a spring with k = 20 N/m. Rightward is positive. What is its acceleration?

A 2.0 kg cart attached to a 50 N/m spring is at x = -0.080 m. Rightward is positive. What is the cart's acceleration?

A vertical spring has k = 120 N/m. A mass is 0.025 m below its equilibrium position. Upward is positive. What is the restoring force?

A 0.40 kg cart is centered between two springs, each with k = 30 N/m. At x = +0.10 m, the net restoring force is -2kx. What is the cart's acceleration?

A floating object behaves as if k = 25 N/m for small vertical displacements from equilibrium. Its mass is 5.0 kg. At x = +0.20 m upward, what is its acceleration?

A 1.5 kg oscillator has a restoring force magnitude of 7.5 N when displaced 0.30 m. At x = -0.12 m, rightward positive, what is its acceleration?