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Period and frequency of simple pendulums

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Problem

A 0.10kg mass is oscillating at a small angle from a light string with a period of 0.63s.
What is the length of the pendulum?
Round answer to two significant digits.
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3/5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7/4
  • a mixed number, like 1 3/4
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12 pi or 2/3 pi
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