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A. What is the amplitude of the oscillation shown in the figure?
B. What is the frequency of this oscillation?
C. What is the phase constant?

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This solution includes answers for (a) through (c) and simple calculations.

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y = 20sin(at + b)
at t=0 y=-10cm

so - 10 = 20sin(b)

therefore b = pi/6 which is ...

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