SOLUTION: A Pendulum Is L Meters Long. The Time, R, In Seconds That It Takes To Swing Back And Forth Once Is Given By T=2 Square Root Of L . Suppose The Pendulum Takes 5.42 Seconds To Swing

Question 1201771: A Pendulum Is L Meters Long. The Time, R, In Seconds That It Takes To Swing Back And Forth Once Is Given By T=2 Square Root Of L . Suppose The Pendulum Takes 5.42 Seconds To Swing Back And Forth Once. What Is Its Length? Carry Your Intermediate Computations To At Least Four Decimal Places, And Round Your Answer To The Nearest Tenth. Meters ×
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Here T = 5.42
4.52 = 2*sqrt(L)
4.52/2 = sqrt(L)
2.26 sqrt(L)
L = (2.26)^2
L=5.1076 m
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