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Simple Pendulum:

        I = mL2
  
Figure 10: Simple Pendulum
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\begin{displaymath}\frac{d^2\theta }{dt^2} = -\frac{g}{L}\theta\qquad
T = 2\pi\sqrt{\frac{L}{g}} \end{displaymath} (22)



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2001-01-05