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Oscillations — Physics STD 11 — Question

Tamilnadu BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11PhysicsOscillations1 Mark
MCQ
A seconds pendulum is placed in a space laboratory orbiting around the Earth at a height 3R from the Earth’s surface where R is the radius of the Earth. The time period of the pendulum will be ……..
  • A
    zero
  • B
     2/3s
  • C
     4 s
  • ✓
     infinite
✓

Answer

Correct option: D.
 infinite
infinite
Solution:
In a space laboratory $g=0$. Therefore, $T =2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}=\infty$

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