[Phys-L] Re: measuring the period of a pendulum

[Herb Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

I vote for the end point.

Herb


On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:08:21 -0700 Larry Smith <larry.smith@SNOW.EDU>
writes:
> In an introductory physics laboratory, is it better for students,
> when
> measuring the period of a simple pendulum, to start and stop the
> stopwatch
> when the bob is at the lowest point (max. speed) or at an end point
> (speed
> = 0)?
>
> Larry
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