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What is the free-fall acceleration on a planet where the period of a 1.07 m long pendulum is 2.02 s?

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Answer:

10.34 m/s^2

Step-by-step explanation:

length, L = 1.07 m

Time period, T = 2.02 s

The formula of the time period of the pendulum is


T = 2\pi \sqrt{(L)/(g)}

where, g is the free fall acceleration on that planet.


g=4\pi ^(2)(L)/(T^(2))


g=4\pi ^(2)(1.07)/(2.02^(2))

g = 10.34 m/s^2

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