The restoring force is the force exerted by the spring on the mass that acts in the direction of returning

the
mass to the equilibrium position when the mass is moved either to the left, which compresses the spring, or to
the right, which stretches it.

Ever wondered how the restoring force varies with position of the mass?

Without further ado, lets jump straight into today’s 2020 A/L MCQ focused on concepts in Simple harmonic
motion.

A body executes simple harmonic motion along the x-axis around the point O. The variation of the restoring
force F of the body with the displacement (x) from O is correctly represented in

The reasoning is simple,

According to the equation F = -kx in simple harmonic motion, the graph of F against x should be a
straight line with a negative gradient passing through the center point.
You must have find your knowledge sketchy in these areas, lets follow the theory part for simple
harmonic motion.
THEORY….