Question

A pendulum is hung from the ceiling of a box that is free to move . The box starts moving horizontally with an acceleration of 24ms^-2. What will be the time period of the pendulum if the length of the pendulum is 6.5m .

Answer 1

Dear Student,

$$\begin{gathered} netforceonthependulumisduetoaccnandgravity \\ g=10m/s^2 \\ neta=\sqrt{100+{24}^2}=26m/s^2 \\ T=2\mathrm{\pi }\sqrt{\frac{6.5}{26}}=\mathrm{\pi }\mathrm{second}\mathrm{is}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{time}\mathrm{period} \\ \mathrm{regards} \end{gathered}$$