A pendulum is suspended from the cusp of a cycloid cut in rigid support. The path described by the pendulum bob is cycloidal and is given by: x = a (φ − sin φ) y = a(cos φ − 1), where the length of the pendulum is l = 4a, and where φ is the angle of rotation of the circle generating the cycloid. Shat that the oscillations are exactly isosynchronous with frequency ω0 = p g/l, independent of the amplitude.

7. see worksheet 1 for values of variables x1, x2 and x3 and answer the following questions: a. for each variable find the mean, median, coefficient of skewness, range and population standard deviation. b. compared to variable x1, how are the mean and median affected by extreme values (outliers) seen in x2 and x3. c. is the median or mean the better measure of location for x2 and x3? explain. d. explain the differences in the magnitudes of the skewness coefficients for the three variables. e. what is the relationship between the range and standard deviation looking across the three variables?