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This could be quantified using calculus, but to simply know WHERE it is fastest but not how fast, simple first principals are all that is required - that of conservation of energy.
At the low point the pendulum has it's least Potential Energy (PE) - it has fallen as far as it can. As it rises it gains PE, gathering that energy by reducing the Kinetic Energy (energy of motion) of the mass.
Clearly the pendulum is traveling fastest at the bottom.
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Which swing more heavier pendulum or lighter pendulum?
A heavier pendulum will swing longer due to its greater inertia.
How does energy undergo variation in an oscillating pendulum?
Potential energy is the greatest at the top of the pendulum swing, precisely as it is stopped. Kinetic energy is greatest at the bottom of its swing as it is moving its fastest. Between the two points the energies are converting into one another.
When does a pendulum swing have the most momentum?
At the bottom of it's swing. This is because it has accelerated to it's peak velocity due to gravity.
How is pendulum swing related to teaching approaches?
how is pendulum swing related to teaching process?
How can you make a pendulum to swing faster?
If the pendulum was pushed with a large force or if it was heavier. It might swing faster.
Where is a pendulum the fastest?
At the bottom of it's motion because the gravitational potential energy is zero
Which swing more heavier pendulum or lighter pendulum?
A heavier pendulum will swing longer due to its greater inertia.
How does energy undergo variation in an oscillating pendulum?
Potential energy is the greatest at the top of the pendulum swing, precisely as it is stopped. Kinetic energy is greatest at the bottom of its swing as it is moving its fastest. Between the two points the energies are converting into one another.
When does a pendulum swing have the most momentum?
At the bottom of it's swing. This is because it has accelerated to it's peak velocity due to gravity.
How is pendulum swing related to teaching approaches?
how is pendulum swing related to teaching process?
What kind of pendulum is playground swing?
A simple pendulum.
How can you make a pendulum to swing faster?
If the pendulum was pushed with a large force or if it was heavier. It might swing faster.
What happens to acceleration of pendulum at its lowest point of its swing?
The acceleration of a pendulum is zero at the lowest point of its swing.
When you were holding the pendulum at the far end what kind of energy does it possess?
At this point, at the top of the swing, the pendulum has potential energy. As it drops it loses potential and gains kinetic energy. At the fastest point, as the pendulum reached the bottom of the swing, it has kinetic energy. It then loses kinetic energy and gains potential energy as it swings up to the other side.
What can make the pendulum swing faster?
By shorten the string of the pendulum
When a pendulum reaches the end of its swing' the energy within the pendulum is of what sort?
me
What causes a pendulum to swing?
momentum
