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Find the position of a pendulum as a function of time?
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[QUOTE="Camphi, post: 5382388, member: 585510"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] How do you find the position of a pendulum as a function of time? Mass of bob: 2.0kg String length (l): 3.0m The pendulum is displaced as a distance of 0.35m from the equilibrium point and is then released. After 100 swings the maximum displacement of the pendulum has been reduced to 0.15m. [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] [/B] Period (T) of a pendulum: T = 2π√(l/g) [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] The answer to the problem is f(t) = 0.35cos(1.81t) but I am not understanding how the 0.35 or the 1.81t is coming into play because I figured that if the angle is the point where the equilibrium point and the place where the pendulum is attached to a wall then the 0.35 would be opposite of this angle, not the adjacent of hypotenuse of the triangle created from the displacement of the pendulum. I also figured that the 0.35 was what the displacement was and I do not understand where the 1.81 came from at all. [B][/B] [/QUOTE]
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