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At what position does a pendulum have its maximum kinetic energy?
At what position does a pendulum system have its maximum potential energy (Earth is in the system) ?
Why must the angular displacement of a pendulum be relatively small?
If a 3kg bowling ball were suspended from a 5m piece of fishing line, what would be the period of oscillation?
Now, if instead of fishing line, that same 3kg bowling ball were suspended from a 5m cable with a mass of 2kg, would the period be different? why?