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Question
(a) Which one of the following graphs A or B shows free vibrations in a vacuum and which one shows free vibrations in a medium?
(b) How did you come to this conclusion.
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Solution
- Graph A represents free vibration in a vacuum and Graph B represents free vibration in the medium.
- For free vibrations in a vacuum, there is no resisting force, thus the amplitude will remain the same with time. Whereas for free vibrations in a medium there is always a resistive force, thus the amplitude reduces with time due to this resistive force.
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