In a spring-mass SHM, kinetic energy is maximum
- Acheck_circle
At equilibrium (x = 0)
- B
Halfway between
- C
Everywhere the same
- D
At the extremes (x = ±A)
Explanation
At equilibrium, all energy is kinetic (), so is at its maximum.
Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
AP Physics 1· difficulty 1/5
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