JEE Main20198 Apr 2019Evening ShiftPhysicsOscillationsActual
A damped harmonic oscillator has a frequency of 5 oscillations per second. The amplitude drops to half its value for every 10 oscillations. The time it will take to drop to 1 1000 of the original amplitude is close to:
Options
- A50 s
- B100 s
- C20 s
- D10 s
Correct answer
C. 20 s
Step-by-step solution
f = 5 So, T = 1 5 Time taken for amplitude to drop to half: 10 T = 10 5 = 2 s Now, A 0 1000 = A 0 ( 2 ) t 2 ( 2 ) t 2 = 1000 t 2 l o g 2 = 3 t = 6 l o g 2 ≈ 20 s