A nail is located at a certain distance vertically below the point of suspension of a simple pendulum. The pendulum bob is released from the position where the string makes an angle of 60° from the vertical. Calculate the distance of the nail from the point of suspension such that bob will just perform revolution with the nail as centre. Assume the length of pendulum to be 1m.
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