While a pendulum is swinging the length of the rope contributes to what the outcome of the length of time the swings become. If the length of the rope is shortened, then the pendulum will swing faster. If the length of the rope is increased, then the pendulum will swing slower.
When I began the experiment, the length of the rope was 225 cm and I timed the swings with a stopwatch. I would continue to shorten the rope throughout the experiment and the shorter the rope the faster the swings and shorter time. I shortened the rope six times ending up with seven data points.
After timing the first length I ended up with 3.034 seconds. Next, I shortened the rope to 202 cm. The time decreased very little. But, as I continued to shorten the rope the time would get smaller and smaller. Thus, proving that the hypothesis I posed was correct.
The length of the pendulum would create a direct impact on the time of the swings of a pendulum.
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