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The position of a weight attached to a spring is s (t )equals negative 3 cosine (6 pi t )s(t)=−3cos(6πt). What is the maximum height that the weight rises above the equilibrium​ position?

User Jon Hess
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Answer: 3

Step-by-step explanation: the absolute value of the number before the sin/cos wave is always the amplitude of the function.

Here, it is the abs(-3)=3

The y-axis usually represents height and the x-axis represents time, so I am assuming that this is the correct answer.

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