A person driving a truck on a washboard road, one with regularly spaced bumps, notices an interesting

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A person driving a truck on a "washboard" road, one with regularly spaced bumps, notices an interesting effect: When the truck travels at low speed, the amplitude of the vertical motion of the car is small. If the truck's speed is increased, the amplitude of the vertical motion also increases, until it becomes quite unpleasant. But if the speed is increased yet further, the amplitude decreases, and at high speeds the amplitude of the vertical motion is small again. Explain what is happening.

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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