5 4 A Foucault pendulum is a simple mass on a long string pendulum suspended from a tall ceiling ( you can see one for yourself on the 2 nd floor of the ISA building ) It was first exhibited at the Pantheon building in Paris, and because of the rotation of Earth about its axis, the Pantheon rotates about the pendulum as the day passes A similar pendulum set up at the North Pole would show the floor below the pendulum rotating one circle in a 2 4 hr period If a Foucault pendulum is installed at the equator so that it originally swings in the east west direction, after 6 hours what is the direction of the swing east west north south NE SW NW SE in any direction

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5 4 A Foucault pendulum is a simple mass   on   a   long   string pendulum suspended from a tall ceiling ( you can see one for yourself on the 2 nd floor of the ISA building  )   It was first exhibited at the Pantheon building in Paris, and because of the rotation of Earth about its axis, the Pantheon rotates about the pendulum as the day passes  A similar pendulum set up at the North Pole would show the floor below the pendulum rotating one circle in a 2 4   hr period  If a Foucault pendulum is installed at the equator so that it originally swings in the east   west direction, after 6 hours what is the direction of the swing  east   west north   south NE   SW NW   SE in any direction

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