What Is the Value of K in a Pendulum Lab?

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Homework Statement


We did a pendulum lab and found Q then we were asked to find K from that. The professor gave us a formula K= 4pi2/m2
where m was the slope of a line on a graph of our periods vs lengthQ
then stated it should be number we would recognize. I assumed maybe we were going to calculate g, as this is something I have done before but I thought K was a spring constant from Hookes law. What am I trying to find.


Homework Equations



g=Lpi2/T2


The Attempt at a Solution



The data is relative but I did get some answers around 9.77, close enough to 9.8 considering the human error involved.
 
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Perhaps your professor just relabelled the constants to give the element of surprise. It would be pretty obvious what it would be if he had used the standard g.