Displacement and Potential Energy of an Oscillator

Question Text

A simple harmonic oscillator has a displacement as a function of time given by \(x(t) = A\cos(\frac{2\pi t}{T})\). 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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