Assignment:
Question 1. A uniform meter stick swings about a pivot point which is a distance x = 27.4 cm from the end of the stick. What is its period of oscillation?
Question 2. The piston in the cylinder head of a locomotive has a stroke (twice the amplitude) of 0.66 m. If the piston moves with simple harmonic motion with an angular frequency of 180 rev/min, what is its maximum speed?
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question, use formulas.