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A clock regulated by a seconds pendulum keeps correct time. During summer the length of the pendulum increases to $1.01 m .$ How much will the clock gain or lose in one day? $(g = 9.8 m / s^{2})$

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If the time period of a two meter long simple pendulum is

2 s

, the acceleration due to gravity at the place where pendulum is executing S.H.M. is:

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Two simple pendulums of lengths

5 m

and

20 m

respectively are given small displacement in one direction at the same time they will again be in the same sense when the pendulum of shorter length has completed

n

oscillations. Then,

n

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The bob of a swinging second pendulum (one whose time period is

2 s

) has a small speed

v_{0}

at its lowest point. Its height from this lowest point

2.25 s

after passing through it, is given by

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Time period of a simple pendulum is

T

inside a lift when the lift is stationary. If the lift moves upwards with an acceleration

\frac{g}{2}

, the time period of pendulum will be :

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In an experiment to determine the gravitational acceleration

g

of a place with the help of a simple pendulum, the measured time period squared is plotted against the string length of the pendulum in the figure. What is the value of

g

at the place?

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The length of the seconds pendulum is

1 m

on earth. If the mass and diameter of the planet is

1.5

times that of the earth, the length of the seconds pendulum on the planet will be nearly

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A pendulum has length of

0.4 m

and maximum speed

4 m s^{- 1}

. When the length makes an angle

30 °

with the horizontal, its speed will be

[\sin \frac{π}{6} = \cos \frac{π}{3} = 0.5

and

g = 10 m s^{- 2}]

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My friend has a Banjo clock. It has a pendulum. For every

1.0

sec the pendulum performs one full swing. If an object at the end of the string weighs

10.0 N

, what is the length of the pendulum?

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A simple pendulum oscillating in air has period

T

. The bob of the pendulum is completely immersed in a non-viscous liquid. The density of the liquid is

\frac{1}{16} t h

of the material of the bob. If the bob is inside liquid all the time, its period of oscillation in this liquid is:

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Two pendulums begin to swing simultaneously. The first pendulum makes nine full oscillations when the other makes seven. The ratio of the lengths of the two pendulum is

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T_{0}

is the time period of a simple pendulum at a place. If the length of the pendulum is reduced to

\frac{1}{16}

times of its initial value, the modified time period is

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A tunnel is dug along the diameter of the earth. A mass

m

is dropped into it. How much time does it take to cross the earth?

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Two simple pendulums of lengths in the ratio

4 : 1

start oscillating at

t = 0

. They will again be in phase after the shorter pendulum has made

n

oscillations. Find the value of

n

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Given below are two statements:
Statement $I$ : A second's pendulum has a time period of $1$ second.

Statement $II$ : It takes precisely one second to move between the two extreme positions. In the light of the above statements,

choose the correct answer from the options given below

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When a simple pendulum is moved from the Earth's surface to deep mine, the period of oscillation

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A bob of mass

m

suspended by a thread of length

ℓ

undergoes simple harmonic oscillations with time period

T .

If the bob is immersed in a liquid that has density

\frac{1}{4}

times that of the bob and the length of the thread is increased by

{(\frac{1}{3})}^{r d}

of the original length, then the time period of the simple harmonic oscillations will be:

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Two simple pendulums of length

1 m

each, with bobs having masses

1 kg

and

2 kg

, are hanging from the celling of an elevator. The elevator starts moving vertically downwards with acceleration

\frac{g}{10}

. Assuming

g = 10 m s^{- 2}

, approximately what are the time periods of the two pendulums?

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The bob of simple pendulum is a spherical hollow ball filled with water. A plugged hole near the bottom of the oscillating bob get suddenly unplugged. During observation, till water is coming out, the time period of oscillation would

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In an experiment to determine the period of a simple pendulum of length

1 m

, it is attached to different spherical bobs of radii

r_{1}

and

r_{2}

. The two spherical bobs have uniform mass distribution. If the relative difference in the periods, is found to be

5 \times 10^{- 4} s

, the difference in radii,

|r_{1} - r_{2}|

is best-given by

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The path length of oscillation of simple pendulum of length

1 m

16 cm

. Its maximum velocity is

(g = π^{2} {m s}^{-2})

A clock regulated by a seconds pendulum keeps correct time. During summer the length of the pendulum increases to 1.01m. How much will the clock gain or lose in one day? g=9.8m/s2

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A clock regulated by a seconds pendulum keeps correct time. During summer the length of the pendulum increases to $1.01 m .$ How much will the clock gain or lose in one day? $(g = 9.8 m / s^{2})$