gravitation

The mass and radius of a planet are twice that of the earth Then the period of oscillation of a seconds pendulum on that planet will be ans given is √2 sec But i think the ans should be 2 sec only Because it is the only time period of seconds pendulum

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

Time period of a pendulum = (something)√l/g

g = GM/R2

R' = 2R and M' = 2M

Hence, g' = g/2 => T' = √2T = √2 seconds.......

Anything wrong in this solution?

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karan9989 gupta ·

you haven't put the value of T according to your equation ans should be 2√2 sec

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