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A damped harmonic oscillator has a frequency of 5 oscillations per second. The amplitude drops to half its value for every 10 oscillations. The time…

JEE Main 2019 — Physics Waves & Oscillations

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A damped harmonic oscillator has a frequency of 555 oscillations per second. The amplitude drops to half its value for every 10 oscillations. The time it will take to drop to 11000\frac{1}{1000}10001​ of the original amplitude is close to:

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Held on 8 Apr 2019 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    50s50 s50s

  2. B

    100s100 s100s

  3. C

    20s20 s20s

  4. D

    10s10 s10s

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