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CAPE Physics Unit 1 · 2016 · Paper 1 · Question Q17

The conditions necessary for a body to undergo simple harmonic motion are such that the acceleration is always directed towards a fixed point and is

  1. (A)directly proportional to its distance from that point
  2. (B)directly proportional to the square of its distance from that point
  3. (C)inversely proportional to its distance from that point
  4. (D)inversely proportional to the square of its distance from that point

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