A simple pendulum made of a bob of mass m and a metallic wire of negligible mass has time period 2 s at T=0oC. If the temperature of the wire is increased and the corresponding change in its time period is plotted against its temperature, the resulting graph is a line of slope S. If the coefficient of linear expansion of metal is $\alpha $ then the value of S is :

Question

A simple pendulum made of a bob of mass m and a metallic wire of negligible mass has time period 2 s at T=0^oC. If the temperature of the wire is increased and the corresponding change in its time period is plotted against its temperature, the resulting graph is a line of slope S. If the coefficient of linear expansion of metal is $\alpha $ then the value of S is :

$\alpha $

${\alpha \over 2}$

2$\alpha $

${1 \over \alpha }$

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