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Background information/Reasearch

The pendulum was invented by a man named Christiaan Huygens. This man invented the
pendulum clock in his bedroom while recovering from a sickness in 1665. He was also the
first one to report this phenomenon of coupled oscillation.

Huygens made the pendulum clock to help reduce the amount of time lost when keeping
time. He got his inspiration from Galileo Gallie in his investigation of the isochronism. He
finished the prototype in 1656 and got it patented in 1657.

The pendulum works in a way where when the pendulum is displaced, it moves side to
side which makes it have a steady beat that makes products such as a metronome or
like Huygens invented a clock. The pendulum though stops at one point because the
friction between the air slows it down which eventually makes it stop.

A period is the time it takes for the vibrating object to make one cycle or oscillation and return
to its original position. For the pendulum, the way to measure the period is to put it from the
top and let it complete 10 circles, time it, and divide by ten. This will give you a more accurate
answer.
Question
Does the length of the pendulum affect its
period? The purpose of the pendulum is to see if
the period would be affected if I change the
lenght of the rope.
Hypothesis
If the length of the pendulum affects the time it takes
to swing, then the lower the length should make it
swing slower because, the weight of the pendulum is
not lifted as much, which will cause less energy to the
path of circulation.
Variables
Independent varible: The lenght of the rope

Dependent varible: The period

Control varibles: The air cirrculation, the ball, the stand ,and
rope
Materials
String or ribbon
tenis ball
curtan holder
measuring tape
stopwatch
A paper to record the results
Replicable Procedure
First, tie the ball securely with a rope and tie the other end of the rope to
the curtain holder. Then measure the ropes] at 30, 20, and 10 inches. Make
sure to mark it so that you can conveniently move it higher. The length of
the ball and the curtain holder should be 30 inches. Then pull the ball back
and let it go at a certain height. At the moment you let it go, turn on the
stopwatch and count ten cycles while the stopwatch is turned on. On the
tenth cycle, stop the timer and repeat the same process two more times for
accurate results. Do the same with the 20-inch and the 10-inch ropes. Record
the data and find the average by adding all the timings from the rope
length and dividing it by three, as we did three trials. Then record the data
and you're good to go.

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