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lb_gilbert

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A sewing machine needle moves up and down in simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 1.27 cm and a frequency of 2.55 Hz. What are the (a) maximum speed and (b) maximum acceleration of the tip of the needle?
 
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A camera with a 20-cm diameter lens is recording images using a filter that allows only light of wavelength 600 nm to pass through.
 
  (a) What is the limit on the angular resolution (in microradians) in this case?
  (b) What is the diameter of the minimum-sized features that could be resolved on Mars with this camera? The distance to Mars at the time is 9.0  107 km.



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Answer to Question 1

(a) 20.3 cm/s (b) 326 cm/s2

Answer to Question 2

(a) 3.7 rad (b) 330 km





 

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