A person standing on an oscillating swing, sits down. How does the time period of a swing gets affected? What happens to its frequency of oscillation?

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A person standing on an oscillating swing, sits down. How does the time period of a swing gets affected? What happens to its frequency of oscillation?

Asked by Topperlearning User | 04 Jun, 2014, 01:23: PM

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The time period increases. It is because the centre of gravity of the system gets lowered in sitting position. This in turn increases effective length and hence the time period since