What is the best way to measure period of a pendulum?
What position should you start to time the period and why? Should you start to time the period straight away or wait, and if so for how long (how many oscillations)? If the length is fixed should you use a long or short pendulum to increase precision? If the mass is fixed should you use a large or small mass to increase precision? What are possible sources of error and how can they be reduced? A stopwatch is being used to measure the period, and the pendulum models a simple pendulum consisting of a string tied to a heavy spherical bob.
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The right thing to do is attempt the measurement in all these ways and any others you can think of and then you’ll actually see which way works best.