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A pendulum has a mass of 3 kg and is lifted to a height of 0.3 m. What is the maximum speed of the pendulum?

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The Energy of the pendulum is mass*gravity*heigh--> 3kg*0.3m*9.81N/kg=8.829

And so the maximum speed is :

Energy=0.5*mass*speed*speed

reshape to speed:

Speed = 2.426 meters per secound

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