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Why should the angular displacement of a simple pendulum not exceed 4 radian​
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Why should the angular displacement of a simple pendulum not exceed 4 radian​

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Answer: The reason the angle should be small (4° being a reasonable though arbitrariy limit) is that you need a small angle to be able to approximate the force with an elastic one (i.e. proportional to the displacement) and end up with an harmonic oscillations.

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