Determine the length the pendulum has travelled

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The discussion focuses on calculating the distance traveled by a pendulum with an amplitude of 10.0 m over 7 vibrations. To determine this distance, one must understand the relationship between amplitude, frequency, and the total distance traveled during oscillations. The amplitude represents the maximum displacement from the equilibrium position, and the total distance can be calculated using the formula: distance = 2 * amplitude * number of vibrations. Thus, the pendulum travels a total distance of 140.0 m.

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A pendulum has an amplitude of 10.0 m and undergoes 7 vibrations.

Determine the length the pendulum has travelled, how do we do this if we don't know the frequency? What assumptions are we ought to make?

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you need to show some work first. Look at your equations and see what parts you do have and how you can replace the missing parts with relationships
 


Think: what is amplitude?

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