17.124: a) In hot weather, the moment of inertia I and the length d in Eq. (13.

39) will
both increase by the same factor, and so the period will be longer and the clock will run
slow (lose time). Similarly, the clock will run fast (gain time) in cold weather. (An ideal
pendulum is a special case of physical pendulum.) b)
∆L
L0
= α∆ Τ =(1.2 ×10 −5 (C°) −1

×(10 .0 C°) =1.2 ×10 -4

. c) See Problem 13.97; to avoid possible confusion,
denote the pendulum period by τ . For this problem, ∆ τ
τ
= 1 ∆L
2 L
= 6.0 × 1 0− 5 , so in one
day the clock will gain
(86,400 s)(6.0 ×10 −5 ) = 5.2 s so two figures. d) Δτ
τ
= (1 2)αΔT < (86,400 ) −1 ,
so
−5
∆T <2(( 1.2 ×10 (C°) −1 ) ×(86 ,400 )) −1 =1.93 C°.