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Question
The time period of a simple pendulum is 2 s. What is its frequency? What name is given to such a pendulum?
Solution
Time period = 2 s
Frequency = `1/"time period"`
= (½)s-1
= 0.5 s-1
Such a pendulum is called the seconds' pendulum.
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