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If a pendulum (freely oscilating) is kept in an elevator, if the suspension cables of the elevator gets cut, how will the time period be affected ??

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$I n f r e e f a l l i n g e l e v a t o r, a p p a r e n t w e i g h t o f t h e b o d y b e c o m e s z e r o . H e n c e t i m e p e r i o d o f t h e p e n d u l u m b e c o m e s i n f i n i t e .$

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