CAIE FP2 2009 June — Question 2

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP2 (Further Pure Mathematics 2)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicSimple Harmonic Motion

2 The tip of a sewing-machine needle oscillates vertically in simple harmonic motion through a distance of 2.10 cm . It takes 2.25 s to perform 100 complete oscillations. Find, in \(\mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\), the maximum speed of the tip of the needle. Show that the speed of the tip when it is at a distance of 0.5 cm from a position of instantaneous rest is \(2.50 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\), correct to 3 significant figures.