A damped harmonic oscillator has a frequency of $5$ oscillations per second. The amplitude drops to half its value for every $10$ oscillations. The time it will take to drop to $\frac{1}{1000}$ of the original amplitude is close to .... $s$
  • A$10$
  • B$100$
  • C$50$
  • D$20$
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