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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Berea_College/Introductory_Physics%3A_Berea_College/13%3A_Simple_Harmonic_Motion/13.04%3A_The_Motion_of_a_Pendulum
      However, consider the “the small angle approximation” 1 for the sine function: sinθθ If the oscillations of the pendulum are “small”, such that th...However, consider the “the small angle approximation” 1 for the sine function: sinθθ If the oscillations of the pendulum are “small”, such that the small angle approximation is valid, then the equation of motion for the pendulum is: d2θdt2=gLsinθgLθd2θdt2=gLθ(for small θ) and the angle…

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