Jake is driving his new sport utility vehicle when a large earthquake occurs.Assume
his suspension is critically damped with a natural period of 1 Hz and a travel of
±20 cm.
(a) How large a vertical acceleration at 1 Hz can he experience before his suspension bottoms out? Express your answer in g (1 g = 9.8 m/s2).
(b) How much closer to the ground would his vehicle ride if he were to travel to
a planet where the gravity is 20% stronger than on Earth?
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