Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulums

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• Does the mass of a pendulum affect its period?
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• What is the period of the Great Clock's, Big Ben, pendulum?
• A pendulum is 90 cm long. The speed of the bob is 150 cm/s as it passes through its lowest position. What is the maximum height the bob will rise to? At that height, what is the angle the pendulum makes with the vertical?
• What are the equations for frequency and period?
• What are the factors and parameters of pendulum motion?
• Why is pendulum period independent of mass?
• Why don't pendulums work at sea?
• What are pendulums used for today?
• An object swings from the end of a cord as a simple pendulum with period T. An identical object oscillates up and down on the end of a vertical spring with the same period T. If the masses of both objects are doubled, how will the new values of the periods compare to T?
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• A pendulum on earth with a length of 1.2 m and a mass .25 kg is set in motion. What is its period?
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• By what factor should the length of a simple pendulum be changed in order to triple the period of vibration?
• How do you solve for #g# in #T=2pisqrt(L/g)#?
• If the gravity of the moon is about #1/6#th the gravity on earth, how will a clock's period on the moon compare with that on earth?
• Period error ?
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• A pendulum in a non-inertial frame ?
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• Error propagation in pendulum ?
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• What is the comparison of the formula for the period of a pendulum to the equation of a line, y=mx + c?
• What is the comparison of the formula for the period of a pendulum to the equation of a line?
• The hollow metallic bob of a simple pendulum is filled with water. Water comes out drop by drop through a small hole at the bottom of the bob. How will the time period change?
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• Show that the oscillation of a pendulum is a simple harmonic?
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• Pendulum errors ?
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• If length of a pendulum increases by #2%# and accelaration due to gravity decreases by #2%#, how is the time period of the pendulum affected?
• Question #b5b75
• How to take logs of an equation?