While visiting the Albert Michelson exhibit at Clark University, you notice that a chandelier (which looks remarkably like a simple pendulum) swings back and forth in the breeze once every T = 6.2 seconds. T = 6.2 seconds a. Calculate the frequency of oscillation (in Hertz) of the chandelier. b. Calculate the angular frequency ω of the chandelier in radians/second. c. Determine the length L in meters of the chandelier.
While visiting the Albert Michelson exhibit at Clark University, you notice that a chandelier (which looks remarkably like a simple pendulum) swings back and forth in the breeze once every T = 6.2 seconds.
T = 6.2 seconds
a. Calculate the frequency of oscillation (in Hertz) of the chandelier.
b. Calculate the angular frequency ω of the chandelier in radians/second.
c. Determine the length L in meters of the chandelier.
d. That evening, while hanging out in J.J. Thompson’s House O’ Blues, you notice that (coincidentally) there is a chandelier identical in every way to the one at the Michelson exhibit except this one swings back and forth 0.11 seconds slower, so the period is T + 0.11 seconds. Determine the acceleration due to gravity in m/s2 at the club.
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