A certain simple pendulum has a period on the earth of 2.00 s .
1. What is its period on the surface of Mars, where the acceleration due to gravity is 3.71 m/s^2?

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Answer:

5.3 s

Explanation:

[tex]T_{e}[/tex] = Time period of simple pendulum on earth = 2.00 s

[tex]T_{m}[/tex] = Time period of simple pendulum on mars

[tex]g_{e}[/tex] = acceleration due to gravity on earth = 9.8 ms⁻²

[tex]g_{m}[/tex] = acceleration due to gravity on mars = 3.71 ms⁻²

[tex]L[/tex] = length of the pendulum

we know that, time period of pendulum is given as

[tex]T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{L}{g} }[/tex]

So

Time period of pendulum is inversely related to acceleration due to gravity

hence

[tex]\frac{T_{m}}{T_{e}} = \frac{g_{e}}{g_{m}}\\\frac{T_{m}}{2} = \frac{9.8}{3.71}\\T_{m} = 5.3 s[/tex]