A pendulum consists of a bob of mass (m_{text {bob }}) hanging at the end of a

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A pendulum consists of a bob of mass \(m_{\text {bob }}\) hanging at the end of a light rod of mass \(m_{\text {rod }}\) and length \(\ell\). If you ignore the mass of the rod, the period is \(T_{0}\), and if you use \(m_{\text {rod }}\) in your calculation, the period is \(T\). How far from the true value \(T\) is \(T_{0}\) ? Express the error \(\Delta T=T-T_{0}\) in terms of some power of the ratio \(m_{\text {rod }} / m_{\text {bob }}\). (Some sort of series expansion is useful here.)

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