Velocity and Acceleration of a Swinging Pendulum
Think about the question below. Only one of the answers listed is correct. We'll do some (but probably not all) of these questions in the lectures when you will all be asked to vote on which answer you think is correct. (Soon afterwards, you'll be able to see your responses, and those of the whole class at EVAF.)
The following diagrams show velocity and acceleration vectors for
a pendulum, at three points in its cycle. Only one is qualitatively correct.
Which one?
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