Correct answer option is (A)
The time period of a simple pendulum is given by the formula:
where is the time period, is the length of the pendulum, and is the acceleration due to gravity at the location of the pendulum.
The acceleration due to gravity changes with height above the Earth's surface. The acceleration due to gravity at a height above the Earth's surface can be expressed as:
where is the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the Earth, is the radius of the Earth, and is the height above the Earth’s surface. Since the time period of the pendulum depends on the square root of the inverse of the acceleration due to gravity, any change in due to a change in height will affect the time period.
Given that the time period of the pendulum at a height above Earth's surface is , and we're to find the time period at a height of , we can use the formula for acceleration due to gravity at different heights to express the relationship between and .
For the initial case at height :
For the new case at height :
The time period is proportional to the square root of the inverse of , so:
Therefore:
Rearranging this equation:
This corresponds to Option A.