Question

1. A pendulum is an oscillator.
a) What is an oscillation?
b) What is meant by
i) the period ii) the frequency of an oscillation?
c) Describe how you would measure the period of a simple pendulum 30 cm long.
d) What would happen to
i) the period ii) the frequency if the pendulum was made shorter?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Oscillation is the repetitive variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value or between two or more different states. The term vibration is precisely used to describe mechanical oscillation. Familiar examples of oscillation include a swinging pendulum and alternating currenent.