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A car settling when someone gets in would keep oscillating if it were not for damping supplied by:
AThe wheel bearings
BShock absorbers
CThe steering rack
DThe engine mounts
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Shock absorbers
1. The suspension spring alone would store and return the energy repeatedly.
2. Something must remove that energy for the car to settle.
3. The car would oscillate up and down when the person got in if it were not for damping, due to frictional forces, provided by shock absorbers.
4. Damping is what turns an oscillation into a single settling motion.
_Source: OpenStax College Physics for AP(R) Courses 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 16 'Oscillatory Motion and Waves', sections 16.1-16.11_
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