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Every 10 seconds a pendulum completes 2 cycles. what are the period and frequency of this pendulum

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period 5 sec = 1 cycle
f = 1/period
.2


User Paul Van Wieren
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If it completes 2 cycles in 10 seconds, then each cycle
takes 5 seconds. That's the period.

Frequency = 1 / period = 1 / 5 sec = 0.2 per sec = 0.2 Hz.


User Adnan Ahmad
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