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The resistance to the motion of the body is provided by ______

(a) Medium of vibration

(b) Speed of vibration

(c) Length of the material

(d) External friction

I got this question in a national level competition.

The query is from Frequency of Free Damped Vibrations topic in division Longitudinal and Transverse Vibrations of Machine Dynamics

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Right choice is (a) Medium of vibration

To explain I would say: The resistance to the motion of the vibrating body is provided partly by the medium in which the vibration takes place and partly by the internal friction.

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