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Question
Define an ideal simple pendulum.
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Solution 1
An ideal simple pendulum consists a point mass suspended from a perfectly rigid support by weightless, inextensible and perfectly flexible fibre.
Solution 2
An ideal simple pendulum is a heavy particle suspended by a massless, inextensible, flexible string from a rigid support.
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