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Feb 14 2012 05:18pm
hey I'm doing a lab and I need to think of some factors since the following are already taken and off limits:
String length
type of string
bob/weight mass
initial angle

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Feb 14 2012 07:52pm
I guess something like pulley friction. How is your string connected to I would assume bar?
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Feb 14 2012 11:24pm
Gravity.

If it's things to change, then choose anything. Length has already been taken, and gravity will be constant unless you do something extreme. Number of people in the room, day of the week, yelling at it etc, will all have the same effect on its period ie none. T = 2*pi* (sqrt(L/g)) for small angles ignoring friction. Mass, type of string etc will have no measurable effect.

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