A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of a lift. When the lift is at rest its time period is T. With what acceleration should the lift be accelerated upwards in order to reduce its period to ? ( g is acceleration due to gravity).
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The lift should be accelerated by 3g upwards because the total acceleration pseudo acceleration.
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