A simple pendulum takes 32 s to complete 16 oscillations. What is the time period of the simple pendulum?

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2 s

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Solution

The correct option is C 2 s
The pendulum completes 16 oscillations in 32 s.
The time taken by the pendulum to complete one oscillation = $\frac{36}{16} s .$
Hence, the time period of the pendulum = 2 s.

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