CAPE Physics Unit 1 · 2007 · Paper 1 · Question Q29
A pendulum swings freely with a period of 1.0\text{ s} on the earth's surface where acceleration due to gravity is g. If the pendulum were to swing in another place where acceleration due to gravity is g', what would be the value of its new period?
- (A)
\sqrt{g/g'} - (B)
\sqrt{g'/g} - (C)
g/g' - (D)
g'/g
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