Displacement and Potential Energy of an Oscillator

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Displacement and Potential Energy of an Oscillator#

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A simple harmonic oscillator has a displacement as a function of time given by $x (t) = A \cos (\frac{2 π t}{T})$ . When one-eighth of the oscillator’s energy is potential energy, what is its displacement from equilibrium?

Note that it may not be necessary to use every variable. Use the following table as a reference for each variable:

For	Use
$A$	A
$T$	T

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