We compare the period of oscillation of an ideal simple pendulum with the period of a more ‘real’ pendulum constituted of a rigid sphere and a rigid slender rod. We determine the relative error in the calculation of the local acceleration of gravity if the period of the ideal pendulum is used instead of the period of this real pendulum.
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