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when will the motion of a simple pendulam be S.H.M.

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when will the motion of a simple pendulam be S.H.M.

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14 Mar 2010 08:48:33 IST

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The motion of an undamped pendulum approximates to simple harmonic motion if the amplitude is very small.

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When theta that is angle made by pendulum with vertical is very small i.e in the limiting case when sin(theta) tends to theta the motion of pendulum is SHM.

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