Practice question · Fill in the blanks
Complete the statement with the correct term.
The period of a simple pendulum depends on its ______ and the local gravitational acceleration g.
Word bank: precision · independent · factorial · length
Hints
- Check which symbols actually appear in the period formula.
- Mass is conspicuously absent from it.
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The period of a simple pendulum depends on its length and the local gravitational acceleration g.
Why
; the period depends on length L and g, not on mass or amplitude (for small angles).
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