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The pendulum question

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LIVE EXPERIMENTSimple harmonic motion
Pendulum2.46 s / cycle
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1.5 m
0.3 m2.6 m
9.81 m/s²
0.5 m/s²20 m/s²
15 °
1 °20 °

FROM THIS EXPERIMENT

Every cycle tells a story.

T = 2π √(L / g) · Current period 2.457 seconds.

Ideal small-angle model · Calculated, not measured
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