Why does a vibrating simple pendulum not produce any sound

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Why does a vibrating simple pendulum not produce any sound

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The main reason is that the human ear doesn't hear sounds that are
made of less than about 20 or 30 vibrations per second.

Have you ever seen a pendulum swinging that fast ? ! ?

Jesse Shieh answered Sep 1, 2017

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