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Because energy cannot be created or destroyed, the pendulum would continue to swing forever, unless it interacted with another energy system, like the hand of a person who caused it to stop swinging entirely, through the use of static friction. A person's hand could also add its own energy to the energy of the pendulum's system by pushing the pendulum and causing it to swing farther than its original arc ("The Law of the Conservation of Energy," 2008, Thinkquest). It should be noted that within the universe there is also kinetic or sliding friction that prevents the free and easy flow of energy and acts as an impediment to continual motion, as well as liquid friction upon the energy system of...

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To overcome friction, the object must 'waste' a certain amount of its fixed amount of energy. This reduces its ability to engage in kinetic motion. Thus, if there was no friction, the pendulum would swing indefinitely!
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Friction." (2008). Thinkquest. Retrieved 11 Jun 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/friction.htm

Kinetic and Potential Energy." (2008). Thinkquest. Retrieved 11 Jun 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/ke.htm

The Law of the Conservation of Energy." (2008). Thinkquest. Retrieved 11 Jun 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/lawce1.htm

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Friction." (2008). Thinkquest. Retrieved 11 Jun 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/friction.htm

Kinetic and Potential Energy." (2008). Thinkquest. Retrieved 11 Jun 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/ke.htm

The Law of the Conservation of Energy." (2008). Thinkquest. Retrieved 11 Jun 2008 at http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/lawce1.htm


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