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What happens to the acceleration of a simple pendulum as it approaches the lowest point of its swing?
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The velocity reaches a maximum, and the pendulum will begin to decelerate. Because the acceleration is the derivative of the velocity, and the derivative at the location of an extrema is zero, the acceleration goes to zero.
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What happen to simple pendulum at lowest point of its swing?
At the low point of a swinging pendulum, the type of energy being demonstrated is maximum kinetic energy. It has zero potential energy at this point of the swing.
Where is a pendulum the fastest?
At the bottom of it's motion because the gravitational potential energy is zero
If you have a 2kg pendulum bob that is 6 meters above the ground at its high point and 1 meter at its low point how can you figure the kinetic energy?
Calculate the potential energy at its highest point. Don't use the 6 meters above the ground - use the 5 meter difference from the lowest point. This part of the potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy, when the pendulum is at its lowest point. Just assume that all the potential energy (for the 5 meters difference) get converted into kinetic energy.Calculate the potential energy at its highest point. Don't use the 6 meters above the ground - use the 5 meter difference from the lowest point. This part of the potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy, when the pendulum is at its lowest point. Just assume that all the potential energy (for the 5 meters difference) get converted into kinetic energy.Calculate the potential energy at its highest point. Don't use the 6 meters above the ground - use the 5 meter difference from the lowest point. This part of the potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy, when the pendulum is at its lowest point. Just assume that all the potential energy (for the 5 meters difference) get converted into kinetic energy.Calculate the potential energy at its highest point. Don't use the 6 meters above the ground - use the 5 meter difference from the lowest point. This part of the potential energy gets converted into kinetic energy, when the pendulum is at its lowest point. Just assume that all the potential energy (for the 5 meters difference) get converted into kinetic energy.
What happens to its potential energy as it passes to the lowest point?
potential energy changes to kinetic energy
What happens when you combine a geoligical agrigant of minerals with its lowest form?
you get dwayne the rock johnson finisher "rock bottom"
What happens to acceleration of pendulum at its lowest point of its swing?
The acceleration of a pendulum is zero at the lowest point of its swing.
A swinging pendulum is moving fastest at?
A swinging pendulum is moving fastest at the lowest point of its arc. That is the point where all its potential energy has been converted into kinetic energy, and it is the only point in a pendulum's arc where that happens. See related link (a simulation).
When does a pendulum swing have the most momentum?
At the bottom of it's swing. This is because it has accelerated to it's peak velocity due to gravity.
When considering a swinging pendulum its kinetic energy is greatest when?
At its lowest point
What happen to simple pendulum at lowest point of its swing?
At the low point of a swinging pendulum, the type of energy being demonstrated is maximum kinetic energy. It has zero potential energy at this point of the swing.
Pendulum has a gravitational potential energy of 224 J when it is at its highest point At the lowest point in its swing it has a velocity of 4 ms What is the mass of the pendulum?
28 kg
Where is a pendulum the fastest?
At the bottom of it's motion because the gravitational potential energy is zero
How does gravity affect a pendulum?
Very little affect. The weight is chosen by: 1) Won't require enormous bearings, or clockworks. 2) Heavy enough so that air resistance is not the dominant force. 3) Not so heavy that the Earth's rotation will not break the clock. etc.
When is a pendulum moving at its fastest?
When it is exactly at its lowest point; the point where it is closest to the ground. Before that point it is accelerating; after that point it is decelerating.
When does a pendulum have the most momentum?
When the pendulum is at its lowest point, it has the least potential energy. Therefore, logically, due to conservation of energy, its kinetic energy is at its maximum. Therefore its speed is also at its maximum, as well as its momentum (velocity x mass).
If the length of a pendulum increases what does the period of the pendulum do?
The speed (magnitude of the velocity) of a pendulum is greatest when it is at the lowest part of it's swing, directly underneath the suspension.The factors that affect the period of a pendulum (the time it takes to swing from one side to the other and back again) are:# Gravity (the magnitude of the force(s) acting on the pendulum)# Length of the pendulum # (+ minor contributions from the friction of the suspension and air resistance)
What is the lowest temperature observed in universe?
The lowest temperature observed in the universe is -272.15 Kelvin in the most coolest place of universe "boomerang nebula " also cosmic background radiation approaches this temperature
