The period of any wave is the time it takes for its angle
to go from zero to 2pi .
The 'sin' function is a wave. The angle of this one is (8pi t).
When t=0, the angle is zero.
Wonderful.
Now, how long does it take for the angle to grow to 2pi ?
I*n other words, when is (8pi t) = 2pi ?
Divide each side by '2pi': . . . . . 4 t = 1
Divide each side by ' 4 ': . . . . . t = 1/4
And there you are. Every time 't' grows by 1/4, (8pi t) grows by 2pi.
So if you graph this simple harmonic motion described by 'd', you'll
see the graph wiggle up and down with a period of 1/4 .
Answer:
1. 
2. 
Explanation:
1. According to Newton's law of motion, the puck motion is affected by the acceleration, which is generated by the push force F.
In Newton's 2nd law: F = ma
where m is the mass of the object and a is the resulted acceleration. So in the 2nd experiment, if we double the mass, a would be reduced by half.

Since the puck start from rest, in the 1st experiment, to achieve speed of v it would take t time

Now that acceleration is halved:


You would need to push for twice amount of time 
2. The distance traveled by the puck is as the following equation:

So if the acceleration is halved while maintaining the same d:

As
, then
. Also 



So t increased by 1.14