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Why does a pendulum eventually stop swinging?
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Why does a pendulum eventually stop swinging?

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it runs out of momentoum so it stops swinging
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When we swing a pendulam, it swings back and forth but eventually it stops. This is due friction with air. It is also because the kinetic energy released by the pendulam is dissipated into the air.
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