Prof. P. built a wooden pendulum clock over the break between Winter and Spring quarters during the COVID lockdown (he really did!) If the length of the pendulum is 30.56 cm and the pendulum is pulled to the right 4.8 cm from the equilibrium position to start it moving and it starts at rest, what is the greatest speed of the pendulum as it swings? (Assume that the pendulum swings freely with no friction and use energy considerations to solve)

Prof. P. built a wooden pendulum clock over the break between Winter and Spring quarters during the COVID lockdown (he really did!) If the length of the pendulum is 30.56 cm and the pendulum is pulled to the right 4.8 cm from the equilibrium position to start it moving and it starts at rest, what is the greatest speed of the pendulum as it swings? (Assume that the pendulum swings freely with no friction and use energy considerations to solve)

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The potential energy is the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position or the energy held by the object due to its position relative to other objects, its force like stresses, charge, and other factors affecting the particles of the body. The potential energy is the measure of the net work done by or on the body. The spring potential energy is the potential energy stored due to the deformation of an elastic spring and this elasticity is due to the stretched spring. The elasticity is the ability of a solid-state matter to come back to its equilibrium position or original position after any kind of external force is acted on it. It is also known as Elastic potential energy. The potential energy here is caused due to the displacement of the spring from its equilibrium position to another position and this potential energy is equal to the net work done due to the stretching of the spring. It also resembles the same mechanics of the oscillation of a simple pendulum, where due to the external force, the object moves from its equilibrium position to its maximum ends and the periodic motion continues till it comes back to the equilibrium position to rest. 

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Prof. P. built a wooden pendulum clock over the break between Winter and Spring quarters during
the COVID lockdown (he really did!) If the length of the pendulum is 30.56 cm and the pendulum is
pulled to the right 4.8 cm from the equilibrium position to start it moving and it starts at rest, what is
the greatest speed of the pendulum as it swings?
(Assume that the pendulum swings freely with no friction and use energy considerations to solve)

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