alleryStart learning →Air drag slows a pendulum. Its energy accounting includes?
AEnergy passed into surroundings
BMore motion on each swing
CMore stored energy at each extreme
DUnchanged mechanical energy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Energy passed into surroundings
Air drag transfers mechanical energy from the pendulum into the surroundings, including thermal energy.
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