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title: "An experimenter has a simple pendulum of length \\( L \\) and a mass–spring system with mass \\( m \\) and spring constant \\( k \\). Both are found to have the same period of oscillation \\( T \\) on Earth. If both systems are taken to the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is approximately \\( \\frac{1}{6} g \\) of Earth, what will happen to their periods?"
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# An experimenter has a simple pendulum of length \( L \) and a mass–spring system with mass \( m \) and spring constant \( k \). Both are found to have the same period of oscillation \( T \) on Earth. If both systems are taken to the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is approximately \( \frac{1}{6} g \) of Earth, what will happen to their periods?

An experimenter has a simple pendulum of length \( L \) and a mass–spring system with mass \( m \) and spring constant \( k \). Both are found to have the same period of oscillation \( T \) on Earth. If both systems are taken to the Moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is approximately \( \frac{1}{6} g \) of Earth, what will happen to their periods?

- **A.** Both periods will increase.
- **B.** Both periods will remain the same.
- **C.** The pendulum’s period will increase, while the mass–spring system’s period will remain the same.
- **D.** The pendulum’s period will decrease, while the mass–spring system’s period will increase.

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