After landing on an unfamiliar planet, a space explorer constructs a simple pendulum of length 55.0 cm. The explorer finds that the pendulum completes 103 full swing cycles in a time of 125 s.
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The period is the time it takes for the pendulum to complete one full swing. We can find this by dividing the total time by the number of cycles. So, 125.88 seconds / 103 cycles = 1.22 seconds per cycle. This is the period of the pendulum. Show more…
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