A 'grandfather clock' is a large (often cumbersome) pendulum clock. Assume you can model it as a perfect simple pendulum. If you take the clock from a low elevation (near sea level), to a high elevation, which of the following is true? 1. The clock will continue to keep time as well as it did. 2. It's impossible to tell how well it will keep time. 3. The clock will run faster at altitude than it did at sea level. 4. The clock will run slower at altitude than it did at sea level. . Created by LoneWolf. science-mathematics-import - engineering-import

Classical Mechanics problem?

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Classical Mechanics problem?

A 'grandfather clock' is a large (often cumbersome) pendulum clock. Assume you can model it as a perfect simple pendulum.

If you take the clock from a low elevation (near sea level), to a high elevation, which of the following is true?

1. The clock will continue to keep time as well as it did.

2. It's impossible to tell how well it will keep time.

3. The clock will run faster at altitude than it did at sea level.

4. The clock will run slower at altitude than it did at sea level.

the period of a pendulum is T = 2 pi * sqrt (L/g)

where pi = 3.14, L is length of the pendulum and g is gravity

since gravity varies with height (decreases) the clock will run faster

assuming that relativistic affects are of lower order.