Consider a bob attached to a vertical string. At t = 0, the bob is displaced to a new position where the string makes −8° with the vertical and is then released from rest. If the angular displacement θ(t) is written as a cosine function, then the phase constant φ is: (a) −π/2 (b)0 (c) +π/2 (d)π

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Consider a bob attached to a vertical string. At t = 0, the bob is displaced to a new position where the
string makes −8° with the vertical and is then released from rest. If the angular displacement θ(t) is
written as a cosine function, then the phase constant φ is:
(a) −π/2
(b)0
(c) +π/2
(d)π

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