Question

Suppose you stand on a swing instead of sitting on it. Will your frequency of oscillation increase or decrease?

Answer 1

Answer:

Suppose you stand on a swing instead of sitting on it. Will your frequency of oscillation increase or decrease?

Explanation:

Now lets look into this particular question from physics point of view. It is obvious that the girl and the swing, the moment she is already sitting on it, tend to act as a single working system. This is because they are both moving together and also they are moving with the same speed.

They share the center of mass as a single system indeed.

Now if we say that the girl while swinging stands up on the swing, then it is certain that there is noticed a slight shift in the center of mass here. This also tends to change the center of mass of the entire system.

In case the girl is standing up on the platform of the swing, then it is certain that this center of mass will also tend to shift upward direction.

When we calculate the time period affect, we use the time period formulae, we get deduce that in this case the swing will definitely tend to swing much faster in speed.

Now if the girl is hanging down from the swing then the frequency changes and now in this case the swing will move slower, as time period is decreased.

So for your case, it is obvious that the swing will move much faster in speed.