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1 September, 00:38

The amplitude of an oscillator decreases to 36.7% of its initial value in 29.5 s. part a what is the value of the time constant

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  1. 1 September, 03:43
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    "Time constant" is the time required for an exponentially decaying signal to drop to (its initial value) / e.

    But 1/e = 0.367 ...

    So IF the amplitude of this oscillator is decaying exponentially for some crazy reason, then the time constant of the decay is 29.6 seconds.
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