If a simple pendulum oscillates with small amplitude and its length is doubled, what happens to the frequency of its motion? It doubles. It becomes 2 times as large. It becomes half as large. It becomes 1/ 2 times as large. It remains the same.

Answer :

Answer:

The new frequency will increase by a factor of [tex]\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}[/tex].

Explanation:

The frequency of a simple pendulum is given by the formula as follows :

[tex]f=\dfrac{1}{2\pi }\sqrt{\dfrac{g}{l}}[/tex]

Here,

l is the length of the simple pendulum

g is acceleration due to gravity on which the pendulum is kept

The frequency of simple pendulum is independent of its amplitude. If a simple pendulum oscillates with small amplitude and its length is doubled, l' = 2l

[tex]f'=\dfrac{1}{2\pi }\sqrt{\dfrac{g}{l'}}\\\\f'=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\times \dfrac{1}{2\pi }\sqrt{\dfrac{g}{l}}\\\\f'=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\times f[/tex]

So, the new frequency will increase by a factor of [tex]\dfrac{1}{\sqrt2}[/tex]. Hence, this is the required solution.

Answer:

Frequency will become [tex]\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}[/tex] times

Explanation:

Let initially length of simple pendulum is L

Acceleration due to gravity is [tex]g=9.8m/sec^2[/tex]

Time period of the simple pendulum is to [tex]T=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}[/tex]

Now in second case length is doubled

So time period in second case [tex]T_{new}=2\pi \sqrt{\frac{2l}{g}}[/tex]

From the relation we can say that time period become [tex]\sqrt{2}[/tex] times

As frequency [tex]f=\frac{1}{T}[/tex]

So frequency will become [tex]\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}[/tex] times

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