A long, narrow steel rod of length 2.5000 m at 25°C is oscillating as a pendulum about a horizontal axis through one end. If the temperature changes to 0°C, what will be the fractional change in its period?
1 Answer
Mar 10, 2018
Initially time period for a long narrow steel rod is
now,on decreasing temperature by
So,
So, we have the generalised equation as
or,
We have,
so,
Hence, fractional change in time period,