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Q. When the displacement is half the amplitude the ratio of potential energy to the total energy is:

JIPMERJIPMER 2000

Solution:

Potential energy is given by $ =\frac{1}{2}m{{a}^{2}}{{\omega }^{2}}{{\sin }^{2}}\omega t $ ?(i) Total energy $ =\frac{1}{2}m{{a}^{2}}{{\omega }^{2}} $ ?(ii) Now from (i), (ii) and (iii), we get $ \frac{\text{Potential}\,\text{energy}}{\text{Total}\,\text{energy}}={{\sin }^{2}}\omega t=\frac{{{x}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}} $ Now for $ x=\frac{a}{2}, $ we get $ \frac{\text{Potential}\,\text{energy}}{\text{Total}\,\text{energy}}={{\left( \frac{a}{2} \right)}^{2}}\times \frac{1}{{{a}^{2}}}=\frac{1}{4} $