Besides the force due to gravity or g, what else determines the period of a pendulum?
tension of the cord
mass of the pendulum bob
length of the cord
amplitude of the swing
Only gravity is important when calculating the period of a pendulum.

Question

Besides the force due to gravity or g, what else determines the period of a pendulum?
tension of the cord
mass of the pendulum bob
length of the cord
amplitude of the swing
Only gravity is important when calculating the period of a pendulum.

mrnood · Answer

note first that g is NOT the force due to gravity: Your questioner is wrong. g is the acceleration due to gravity.

The FORCE due to gravity is mg (the weight) where m is the mass of the object.

The period of a pendulum is given by

$$T= 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{ l }{ g }}$$

Where l is length of the cord