One reference book states that, after a large earthquake, Earth can be treated as an oscillator that

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One reference book states that, after a large earthquake, Earth can be treated as an oscillator that has a period of \(54 \mathrm{~min}\) and a quality factor of 400 .

(a) What percentage of the energy of oscillation is lost to damping forces during each cycle?

(b) What fraction of the original energy is left after 2.0 days?

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