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What type of force contributes to simple harmonic motion?

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In mechanics and physics, simple harmonic motion is a special type of periodic motion where the restoring force on the moving object is directly proportional to the object's displacement magnitude and acts towards the object's equilibrium position.

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Simple harmonic motion is governed by a restorative force. For a spring-mass system, such as a block attached to a spring, the spring force is responsible for the oscillation

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