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Consider the pendulum of Figure 7.4, suspended inside a
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Consider the pendulum of Figure 7.4, suspended inside a railroad car, but suppose that the car is oscillating back and forth, so that the point of suspension has position \(x_{\mathrm{s}}=A \cos \omega t, y_{\mathrm{s}}=0\). Use the angle \(\phi\) as the generalized coordinate and write down the equations that give the Cartesian coordinates of the bob in terms of \(\phi\) and vice versa.
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QUESTION:
Consider the pendulum of Figure 7.4, suspended inside a railroad car, but suppose that the car is oscillating back and forth, so that the point of suspension has position \(x_{\mathrm{s}}=A \cos \omega t, y_{\mathrm{s}}=0\). Use the angle \(\phi\) as the generalized coordinate and write down the equations that give the Cartesian coordinates of the bob in terms of \(\phi\) and vice versa.
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