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Re: Building a Clock with Periodic Motion
Biff is right, a one meter pendulum should swing with a one second period no matter how many times it swings. There is a simple equation to find the period of a pendulum.

I don't know it off the top of my head, but I can imagine that you should because it is your class.

First step is going using the equation to be find a pendulum that swings exactly one second. If you build it right it should easily be accurate for 2 minutes.
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