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Your grandfather clock is a simple pendulum with a length of 0.994 m. If the clock loses 3 min in a week, how should you adjust the length of the pendulum so that it can properly keep time?
Use formula
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Time period = Total time/No. of oscillations
No of oscillations*Time period = Total time
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Let be the no of oscillations completed in a week
Consider the initial case.
Given that the clock loses 3 min in a week
Total time,
----------(1)
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Consider the corrected case
If the clock is corrected, then
Total time,
--------(2)
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Divide (1) by (2)
Square both sides
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ANSWER: Increase the length of the simple pendulum by to correct the time.
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