imacatholic1
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Ok so my friend and I have been trying to figure this question out for ages now... Here it is.
The Foucault pendulum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, consists of a large brass ball suspended by a thin 52-foot-cable. If the ball swings through an angle of 1 degree, how far does it travel?
My idea was to draw a circle with 52 feet being the diameter, then draw a line from the middle to one end of the circle to create a 1 degree angle. From there, I would use the formula s=r*0(with a little line through it... theta I think it's called..radians... you guys know
) to find the length of the arc from the swing. Is that correct? Help please!!!
The Foucault pendulum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, consists of a large brass ball suspended by a thin 52-foot-cable. If the ball swings through an angle of 1 degree, how far does it travel?
My idea was to draw a circle with 52 feet being the diameter, then draw a line from the middle to one end of the circle to create a 1 degree angle. From there, I would use the formula s=r*0(with a little line through it... theta I think it's called..radians... you guys know
) to find the length of the arc from the swing. Is that correct? Help please!!!