Which of the following examples represents periodic motion?
1. | A swimmer completes one (return) trip from one bank of a river to the other and back. |
2. | A freely suspended bar magnet is displaced from its N-S direction and released. |
3. | Swaying off the branches of the tree. |
4. | An arrow released from a bow. |
The figure depicts four \(({x\text-t})\) plots for the linear motion of a particle.
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Which of the following is true?
1. | (a) is periodic but (c) is not periodic |
2. | (b) is periodic but (d) is not periodic. |
3. | (b) and (d) are periodic. |
4. | only (c) is periodic. |