A student was asked to write the equation for displacement at any instant in a simple harmonic motion of amplitude a .He wrote the equation as...

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anonymous · Answer

$$y=a \sin [(2\pi v)/k]\times t$$
where v is the velocity at the instant t .For the equation to be dimensionally correct,what should be the dimension of k ?

anonymous · Answer

angles dont have dimensions i want to make 2*pi*v/k*t as a whole dimensionaless
so mke the dimesions cancel out
v is frequency having dimension T^-1
so k is dimensionless constant|dw:1332663170318:dw|