If one could transport a simple pendulum of constant length from the Earth's surface to the Moon's, where the acceleration due to gravity is one-sixth (1/6) that on the Earth, by what factor would the pendulum frequency be changed?
a. about 6.0
c. about 0.41
b. about 2.5
d. about 0.17
C
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