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The total mechanical energy of a body in simple harmonic motion is proportional to:

  1. The amplitude
  2. The square root of the amplitude
  3. The period
  4. The square of the amplitude

Answer

D. The square of the amplitude

Solution

E = 1/2kA2.

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