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Course: AP??/College Physics 1?>?Unit 5
Lesson 1: Period of simple harmonic oscillatorsPeriod of simple harmonic oscillators
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Problem
Astronauts transport a pendulum that has a period of on Earth to another planet, Xircon-4. The pendulum has a mass attached to a massless cord of length . The gravitational field on Xircon-4, , is .
To give the pendulum a period of on Xircon-4, by how much should the astronauts adjust the pendulum?
Write your answer to two significant figures.
Write your answer to two significant figures.
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