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Why does the time for 20 complete oscillations need to be taken in the pendulum oscillation experiment?​
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Why does the time for 20 complete oscillations need to be taken in the pendulum oscillation experiment?​

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In order to minimize the uncertainty in the period, we measured the time for the pendulum to make 20 oscillations, and divided that time by 20

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