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Which of the following examples represent (nearly) simple harmonic motion and which represent but not simple harmonic motion?(a) The rotation of earth about its axis.(b) Motion of an oscillation mercury in a U-tube.(c) Motion of a ball bearing inside a smooth curved bowl, when released from a point swiftly above the lower most point.(d) General vibrations of a polyatomic molecule about its equilibrium position.

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(b) and (c) represent S.H.M. in particular

(a) represents the periodic motion

(b) represents a superposition of a number of S.H.M. motions and is a periodic motion not necessarily S.H.M.



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