A student is making an "accelerometer" by hanging a pendulum in a car. She wants to determine the acceleration, a, of the car based on the angle, 0, the the pendulum makes with the vertical. The pendulum has a bob of mass m. Assume the windows are rolled up. Hint: Solve in terms of variables then plug in.

A student is making an "accelerometer" by hanging a pendulum in a car. She wants to determine the acceleration, a, of the car based on the angle, 0, the the pendulum makes with the vertical. The pendulum has a bob of mass m. Assume the windows are rolled up. Hint: Solve in terms of variables then plug in.

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Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

5th Edition

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter4: The Laws Of Motion

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