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The purpose of this lab is to find the relationship between the time it takes the pendulum to take three entire oscillations and the length of the pendulum. We want to find the approximate time it would take the pendulum to complete three oscillations with three different lengths (1.02 m, 0.77 m & 0.53 m). Also, we want to see if the time period of oscillations becomes longer or shorter when the length of the string increases.

Hypothesis:
As the length of the string increases, the time it will take for the pendulum to complete three oscillations will increase. When the string is longer, the pendulum will have to travel a greater distance to complete an oscillation and therefore the time period will increase.

Materials:
• 1 pendulum ball
• String (1 m)
• Stopwatch
• Metre stick/ ruler
• Tape

Procedure:

1. Attach the string to the pendulum ball and using the metre stick or ruler, measure and then cut the string to one metre.
2. Tape the pendulum up so......

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