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Question
Which of the following example represent periodic motion?
A freely suspended bar magnet displaced from its N-S direction and released.
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Solution
The motion of a freely-suspended magnet, if displaced from its N-S direction and released, is periodic. This is because the magnet oscillates about its position with a definite period of time.
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