Taipei 101 (a 101-story building in taiwan) is sited in an area that is prone to earthquakes and typhoons, both of which can lead to dangerous oscillations of the building. to reduce the maximum amplitude, the building has a tuned mass damper, a 660,000 kg mass suspended from 42-m-long cables that oscillates at the same natural frequency as the building. when the building sways, the pendulum swings, reaching an amplitude of 75 cm in strong winds or tremors. damping the motion of the mass reduces the maximum amplitude of oscillation of the building.

a) what is the period of oscillation of the building?
b) during strong winds, how fast is the pendulum moving when it passes through the equilibrium position?

Geologists get to play with chemistry, physics, and history! and what a history you will meet as youwork your way through the course. starting at the beginning, the textbook provides the scientifically acceptedstart of the and promises that you'll get to explore some of the evidence for that scientific view, later inthe semester. meanwhile, which is more nearly correct of the scientifically accepted view? a) the earth formed when the big bang caused older materials to fall together, about 14 billion years ago.b) the earth formed from the falling together of older materials, about 4.6 billion years ago.c) the earth formed in the big bang, about 6000 years ago.d) the earth is eternal, having been here forever and promising to be here forever.e) the earth was assembled by gigantic space beavers, which gnawed down the primordial tree of life andpiled its branches together to form the planet.