A damped harmonic oscillator has a frequency of 
oscillations per second. The amplitude drops to half its value for every 
oscillations. The time it will take to drop to 
of the original amplitude is close to:
A
B
C
D
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
JEE Main 2019
Time of half the amplitude is 
Using, 
and 
Dividing 
by 
and solving, we get
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