Period of motion

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staceyrho

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Can anyone help me understand period of motion. I have a problem and it's asking

A simple harmonic oscillator takes 17.1 s to undergo five complete vibrations. Find the period of motion. Answer in units of s?

I've read and re-read my book but i'm not sure I understand what I need to do to figure out this problem. My book is telling me that
f= 1/T and that is frequency and period. But I guess that's just not enough information for me to understand it. Can anyone help and let me know if i'm way off here?
thanks
 
Maybe you needed to look up the definition of period rather than a formula.

Period is the amount of time required for an oscillator to complete one vibration.

so ... if the oscillator completes five vibrations in 17.1 s, how long will it take to complete one vibration?
 
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