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📅 MIT Science Bowl 2024🎓 HS🔄 Round 10#️⃣ Question 14🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

An underdamped harmonic oscillator has a time constant of one second. Which of the following, in seconds, is closest to the amount of time it will take for the oscillations of the system to reach 0.1% of their initial amplitude?

W) 1
X) 10
Y) 100
Z) 1000
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