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Question
A simple pendulum takes 32 s to complete 20 oscillations. What is the time period of the pendulum?
Solution
Number of oscillations = 20
Total time taken to complete 20 oscillations = 32s
Time Period = `"Total time taken"/"Number of oscillations"`
= `32/20`
= 1.6 s
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