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One of our homework questions is:
You are in an elevator at the top of the CN tower. You have a pendulum and allow it to oscillate. The elevator falls to the ground after someone cuts its support cables. What does the pendulum do? Ignore the air resistance acting on the pendulum and the elevator
My teacher suggested making our own pendulum and dropping it (which I did). I found that the bottom of the pendulum went upwards. However, isn't this simply due to air resitance, as the mass of the bottom is lighter than the thing it's attached to? Our teacher recommended trying it at different velocities, but I'm really not sure how to go about this without air resistance being a factor. My temptation is to say that the pendulum would stay in the position it was at when the cables were cut.
Do I even sound close? I'm so lost!
Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated...
You are in an elevator at the top of the CN tower. You have a pendulum and allow it to oscillate. The elevator falls to the ground after someone cuts its support cables. What does the pendulum do? Ignore the air resistance acting on the pendulum and the elevator
My teacher suggested making our own pendulum and dropping it (which I did). I found that the bottom of the pendulum went upwards. However, isn't this simply due to air resitance, as the mass of the bottom is lighter than the thing it's attached to? Our teacher recommended trying it at different velocities, but I'm really not sure how to go about this without air resistance being a factor. My temptation is to say that the pendulum would stay in the position it was at when the cables were cut.
Do I even sound close? I'm so lost!
Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated...
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