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📅 NSB MS 2014🎓 MS🔄 Round 13#️⃣ Question 3🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

In the jungle, Curious George is swinging from a vine between two trees, like a pendulum [PEN-juh-luhm], and in a surprisingly regular fashion. Given that the time he takes to swing from one tree to another is 1.5 seconds, assuming no energy is lost from air drag or friction, what is the period if we assume that George is a harmonic oscillator?

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