A simple pendulum on earth has a period of 2.5 s. It is moved to Planet X where the acceleration due to gravity is one quarter the value on earth. Find the period of the pendulum on Planet X.
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5 seconds, we have \(T_1 = 2.5\) seconds. Show more…
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