Mendoza, Jeff Daniel; Nazareno, Emmanuelle; Pomer, Patrick Denzel; Portugal,

Mae Therese;
Ramos, Ma. Erin; Rosimo, Marian Erica
2C-Pharmacy

The Simple Pendulum

Abstract:
A simple pendulum is a mass object attached to a massless string from a
point and being allowed to swing back and forth in a place. This was conducted to
determine the effects of amplitude or angle, the mass of the bob and length of
string to the period of pendulum then measure the value of acceleration due to
gravity by simple pendulum. With the use of metal bob attached in a required
length of string, the students had observed, measured the angle and recorded the
time of the oscillation of the pendulum up to complete 20 vibrations and the same
procedure are made to the other two by changing the mass of metal bob and the
length of string.

Questions for Formal Report

Eff ect of length of pendulum on the period

Acceleration due to gravity

1.
Using your groups data obtained from the experiment, graph the length
of pendulum and the square of its period. Determine the relationship that
exists between the length of a pendulum and the square of its period.

The relationship that exists between the two is direct relationship; the
square of the period (y) is directly proportional to the length of pendulum (x). In
other words, as one quantity goes up, the other quantity also rises.

2. What are the factors affecting the period of a simple pendulum?

The factors affecting the period of simple pendulum are the length of the
string of simple pendulum and gravity. Other factors such as mass of the metal bob
and amplitude or angle of pendulum has little or almost no effect on the period.

3. What must you do to the length of a simple pendulum so that its period
is doubled?
Since the relationship between the length of pendulum and the period is
directly proportional, you must also double the length of simple pendulum to double
its period.

4. Determine the acceleration due to gravity in a location where a simple

pendulum 1.50 m long makes 100 vibrations in 246 seconds.

Formula:

4 2 L
T =
g
2

4 2 (1.50 m)
9.8 m/secs 2

=6.04 secs
4 2 L
g= 2
T

4 2 (1.50 m)
6.04 secs 2

59.2 m
2
=9.80 m/ sec
2
6.04 secs