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Grade 11Mechanics

If the string of a conical pendulum makes an angle @ with the horizontal then the square of its time period is proportional to what???
  1. sin@
  2. cos@
  3. tan@
  4. cot@

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
Time period for conical pendulum= T = 2λ√r/gtan0
T²= 4λ²r/ gtan\phi
     α cot ∅

r= radius
g = acceleration due to gravity 
HEnce the square of time period is directly proportional to cot∅