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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1]
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Simple Harmonic Motion

Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 1] · Physics · Simple Harmonic Motion

An object is released from rest. A pendulum clock is utilized to...

An object is released from rest. A pendulum clock is utilized to measure both the time it takes to fall through a distance hh and the speed of the object as it covers this distance. The complete apparatus is subsequently transported to the moon, where the experiment is performed again.

Options

  1. AThe measured speeds are identical.
  2. BThe actual times of the fall are equal.
  3. CThe actual speeds are equal.
  4. DThe measured times are identical.

Correct answer

D. The measured times are identical.

Step-by-step solution

The actual time of fall is given by t=2hgt = \sqrt{\dfrac{2h}{g}}.

The time period of a pendulum clock is T=2πLgT = 2\pi\sqrt{\dfrac{L}{g}}.

The measured time is proportional to the number of oscillations the pendulum makes during the fall, which is n=tT=12π2hLn = \dfrac{t}{T} = \dfrac{1}{2\pi}\sqrt{\dfrac{2h}{L}}.

Since nn is independent of the acceleration due to gravity gg, the measured times are identical on the Earth and the Moon.

The actual speed of the object after falling a distance hh is v=2ghv = \sqrt{2gh}, which depends on gg. Thus, the actual speeds are different.

The measured speed is calculated using the measured time. Since the measured time and the distance hh are identical in both cases, the measured speeds are also identical.
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