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Pendulum Experiment: Length vs. Period

This document discusses the theory and application of a simple pendulum. It defines key terms like period, frequency, and amplitude. The theory section explains that the period of a simple pendulum depends only on its length and the local strength of gravity. An equation is shown relating the period to the length. The application section has students graph the relationship between length and period from experimental data. It asks questions about factors affecting the period and how to change the period. Finally, it has students use the pendulum equation to calculate the acceleration due to gravity.

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Pendulum Experiment: Length vs. Period

This document discusses the theory and application of a simple pendulum. It defines key terms like period, frequency, and amplitude. The theory section explains that the period of a simple pendulum depends only on its length and the local strength of gravity. An equation is shown relating the period to the length. The application section has students graph the relationship between length and period from experimental data. It asks questions about factors affecting the period and how to change the period. Finally, it has students use the pendulum equation to calculate the acceleration due to gravity.

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Theory:

A simple pendulum is defined as an object that has a small mass, also known as
the pendulum bob, which is suspended from a wire or string of negligible mass. This experiment
showed how forced affected the frequency and the period of the pendulum. Frequency Is simply
defined as the number of vibrations per unit of time where one vibration is a complete
movement back and from side to side. The period of swing of a simple gravity pendulum depends
on its length, the local strength of gravity, and to a small extent on the maximum angle that the
pendulum swings away from vertical, 0, called the amplitude.

Frequency is computed by simply dividing the vibration over seconds and the unit of
the final answer can be expressed in hertz. On the other hand, period is the
reciprocal of the frequency where seconds are divided by the vibration.

This is the general equation for solving the period given L= length of the string, g=
acceleration due to gravity. When further simplified, a new equation is derived for g.
Therefore, we can conclude that there is only one factor affecting which is the
length of the string.

Application:

1. Using your groups data obtained from the experiment (refer to the last table
of the experiment), graph the length of a pendulum and the square of its
period ( In your graph, the length in (cm) of the pendulum must be x and the
square of the period (in sec2) as y). Determine the relationship that exist
between the length of the pendulum and the square of its period.

-Looking at the graph from our experiment, as the length of the pendulumdecreases, the
square of the period decreases as well. There is a direct relationshipbetween the length of
a simple pendulum and the square of its period

Effect of the length to the period


4
3.44
3.5
3 2.58
2.5
Square of the period 2 1.57
(sec2)
1.5
0.8
1
0.5
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Length of the pendulum(cm)

2. What are the factors affecting the period of simple pendulum?


- Length can affect the period of a pendulum because in the equation T= 2
l/g , therefore length is the only unit which is not constant while gravity
stays the same.
3. What must you do to the length of a simple pendulum so that the period is
doubled?
- Simple increase the length by 4x.
4. Determine the acceleration due to gravity of a location where a simple
pendulum 1.5m long makes 100 vibrations in 246 seconds.
- g= 42l/t2=42(1.5)/(246s/100vib)2=59.22m/6.052s2= 9.79m/s2.

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