A bath toy is floating stationary in water such that half of the toy is above water and half of the toy is below the water. A kid pulls the toy 3.7 cm down into the water and then lets go. The toy then proceeds to bob up and down. It bobs up and down 16 times in a minute. (a) What is the equation that describes the position of the object at any given time? (b) Where is the toy at time t = 1.41 second (in cm)? Is it mostly above or below the water at this time? Explain.

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A bath toy is floating stationary in water such that half of the toy is above water and half of the toy is below the water. A kid pulls the toy 3.7 cm down into the water and then lets go. The toy then proceeds to bob up and down. It bobs up and down 16 times in a minute.

(a) What is the equation that describes the position of the object at any given time?

(b) Where is the toy at time t = 1.41 second (in cm)? Is it mostly above or below the water at this time? Explain.

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