A student does an experiment with a pendulum. In the first trial, she displaces the pendulum 5 cm. In the second trial, she displaces the same pendulum a distance of 10 cm.

In what ways would the graphs that represent these simple harmonic motion graphs be different? In what ways would they be the same?

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Gardner

14 February, 18:44

A student does an experiment with a pendulum. In the first trial, she displaces the pendulum 5 cm. In the second trial, she displaces the same pendulum a distance of 10 cm.

In what ways would the graphs that represent these simple harmonic motion graphs be different? In what ways would they be the same?

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Rachael Singleton · Answer 1

The displacement of the pendulum is directly proportional to the amplitude of the sine wave produced. The period would not change because the length of the pendulum rod remains the same.