Suppose you want to set up a simple pendulum with a period of 0.250 s

(a) What length is required if g = 9.80 m/s2 on Earth?
(b) What length would be required on the moon assuming g is 6 (assume exact) times LESS than on Earth?


(a) 0.0155 m
(b) 0.259 cm

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