In a message dated 9/10/02 8:07:59 AM Mountain Daylight Time, tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
If you lengthen the string it will swing slower. If you
shorten the string it will swing faster.
If you lengthen the string, it will swing slower and for a longer period of time, expending its energy more slowly.
If you shorten the string, it will swing faster and for a shorter period of time, expending its energy more rapidly.
So, the key is "how rapidly it swings".
Speed is the difference. :^)
Frank.
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