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As a school project I was assigned to measure the swing of a pendulum. At the time I was doing the experiment I found it almost impossible to prevent the pendulum from moving in an ellipse, at first i describe the elliptical movement as a source of error, but then it occurred to me that it might not matter for the reason that I was only measuring the movement from a 2D dimensional perspective from which the movement perpendicular to the ideal swing has no effect on the swing in the measured axis..
What I am asking is, if an elliptical movement of a swing, is the same as a strait line movement in a 2D point of view?
Am I right?
What I am asking is, if an elliptical movement of a swing, is the same as a strait line movement in a 2D point of view?
Am I right?
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