What is the difference between the distance traveled by the pendulum and its displacement over the full period?
| July 5, 2021 | education
Let the pendulum oscillate with an amplitude (distance from one extreme point to another) equal to L meters. That is, for the full period (movement “back and forth”), it will cover a path equal to 2 * L meters.
Since the pendulum, in one full period, returns to the same point from which it began to move, its movement will be equal to 0.
Therefore, the distance traveled in 1 period is 2 * L, and the displacement is zero.
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