course phys 241
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Experiment 31
For this experiment, I set up a pendulum with a length of 1 m. I synchronized the pendulum with the simulation. It takes approximately one second to complete one cycle of the pendulum. This means that the angular velocity of the object is about two radians per second, or 6.243. These calculations line up with what the simulation produces.
I increased the length of the pendulum to an unknown length. Using the simulation and the pendulum, I recorded how long it took for one cycle, and entered that into the angular velocity. It took 1.3 seconds to complete one cycle. Using this information, I could determine the angular velocity to be approximately 4.83 radians.