Physics Laboratory Experiments
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ISBN: 9781285738567
Author: Jerry D. Wilson, Cecilia A. Hernández-Hall
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 7Q
To determine
How the amplitude versus oscillation plot show the damping.
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