A man enters a tall tower, needing to know its hieght. He notes that a long pendulum extends from the ceiling almost tothe floor and that its period is 15.5s. (a) How tall isthe tower? (b) If this pendulum is taken to the Moon,where the free-fall acceleration is 1.67m/s2, what isthe period there?T=15.5s(a) L=T2g/4π<span>2</span>
Because logarithms were a lot less time-consuming than other methods of finding roots. They were also more accurate in the sense that it was harder to make a mistake.
