The time period of a simple pendulum is to be increased by without changing the local…
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Problem
The time period of a simple pendulum is to be increased by 5% without changing the local value of g. By approximately what percentage should its length be adjusted?
(a) Increase length by 5.0%
(b) Increase length by 12.5%
(c) Increase length by 10.3%
(d) Increase length by 2.5%