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Transcribed Image Text:**(a)** Suppose that the displacement of an object is related to time according to the expression \( x = Bt^2 \). What are the dimensions of \( B \)?
- \( \dfrac{L^2}{L} \)
- \(\dfrac{\sqrt{L}}{T} \)
- \( L \times T^2 \)
- \( \dfrac{T^2}{L} \)
- \( \dfrac{L}{T} \)
- \( \dfrac{L}{T^2} \)
**(b)** A displacement is related to time as \( x = A \sin(2\pi f t) \), where \( A \) and \( f \) are constants. Find the dimensions of \( A \). (\textit{Hint: A trigonometric function appearing in an equation must be dimensionless.})
- \( \dfrac{L}{T} \)
- \( L \times T \)
- \( \dfrac{T}{L} \)
- \( L \)
- \( T \)
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