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Suppose that you are on an unknown planet in a distant galaxy, and you are trying to determine the acceleration of gravity of this planet. The length of a physical pendulum be 0.81 m and the measured period was 1.138 s. Determine the gravitational acceleration of this planet?

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Answer:

gravitational acceleration is 24.69 m/s²

Step-by-step explanation:

given data

length = 0.81

time = 1.138 s

to find out

gravitational acceleration

solution

we will apply here time formula that is express as

T = 2π ×
\sqrt{(l)/(g) } ................1

here t is time , l is length and g is gravitational acceleration

so put here all value and find g

g =
\sqrt{(l)/((T^2)/(4 \pi ^2) ) }

g =
\sqrt{(0.81)/((1.138^2)/(4 \pi ^2) ) }

g = 24.69

so gravitational acceleration is 24.69 m/s²

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