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PENDULUM ON MOON

Q. If a simple pendulum is taken to the moon from the earth without changing the length, what is the effect on it's time period?

Ans: As the time period of a simple pendulum is inversely proportional to the square root of acceleration due to gravity and the acceleration due to gravity of the moon is less than that of the earth, time period increases (square root of 6 times)

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