A piston in a gasoline engine is in simple harmonic motion. The engine is running at the rate of 3 600 rev/min. Taking the extremes of its position relative to its center point as ±5.00 cm, find the magnitudes of the (a) maximum velocity and (b) maximum acceleration of the piston.

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A piston in a gasoline engine is in simple harmonic motion. The engine is running at the rate of 3 600 rev/min. Taking the extremes of its position relative to its center point as ±5.00 cm, find the magnitudes of the (a) maximum velocity and (b) maximum acceleration of the piston.

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