An astronaut has landed on Planet N-40 and conducts an experiment to

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The problem involves determining the acceleration due to gravity on Planet N-40 using a simple pendulum. The astronaut measures the time for multiple oscillations of the pendulum to calculate the gravitational acceleration.

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  • Exploratory, Mathematical reasoning

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  • Participants discuss the use of the formula for the period of a pendulum and how to rearrange it to solve for gravitational acceleration. There are questions about the calculations and results obtained by different participants.

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Some participants have provided guidance on using the correct formula and have shared their own calculations. There appears to be a mix of interpretations regarding the results, with no explicit consensus reached on the correct value of g.

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Participants are working under the constraints of a homework assignment, which may limit the information they can use or the methods they can apply.

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Homework Statement



An astronaut has landed on Planet N-40 and conducts an experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity on that planet. She uses a simple pendulum that is 0.640 m long and measures that 10 complete oscillations 26.0 s. What is the acceleration of gravity on Planet N-40?

Homework Equations



I am not sure what to use.

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I tried using T=2pi square root L/g and solve for g and plugged everything in. Period T I did 26/10 so 1 period every 2.6 seconds I got g=.595 and is non of the choices.

It is this formula above. I solved for g wrong. Now I got the correct answer thank you everyone.
 
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There's a formula that you can use. Find the period and you should be able to solve for g.

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What formula did you get when you solved for g? I got a different answer.
 
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axmls said:
There's a formula that you can use. Find the period and you should be able to solve for g.

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What formula did you get when you solved for g? I got a different answer.

When I caught my error I redid it and got g=(4pi^2 *L)/(T)^2
 
That should give you the correct answer.
 
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