(a) Suppose that the displacement x of an object is related to time t according to the expression x = Bt2. What are the dimensions of B? O T?/L O L/L O UT O LT2 OLXT2 Use L to stand for the dimension of length, and T to stand for the dimension of time. What is the dimension of x? of t? Can you solve the equation for B? (b) Suppose the displacement x of another object is related to time t according to x = A sin(2nft), where A and fare constants. What are the dimensions of A? (Hint: A trigonometri function appearing in an equation must be dimensionless.) O T/L O LUT OL ****: O:L x T OT

(a) Suppose that the displacement x of an object is related to time t according to the expression x = Bt2. What are the dimensions of B? O T?/L O L/L O UT O LT2 OLXT2 Use L to stand for the dimension of length, and T to stand for the dimension of time. What is the dimension of x? of t? Can you solve the equation for B? (b) Suppose the displacement x of another object is related to time t according to x = A sin(2nft), where A and fare constants. What are the dimensions of A? (Hint: A trigonometri function appearing in an equation must be dimensionless.) O T/L O LUT OL ****: O:L x T OT

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