Asked by Henry

A metronome is a practice tool that produces a steady beat to help musicians play rhythms accurately. Some metronomes use a pendulum that repeatedly swings left and right to produce the steady beat. Which of the following is true about the beat produced by the metronome and the motion of the pendulum?
​Both the beat produced by the metronome and the motion of the pendulum have periodic relationships with time.


Option A,​Both the beat produced by the metronome and the motion of the pendulum have periodic relationships with time.

a

​Only the beat produced by the metronome has a periodic relationship with time.

Option B,​Only the beat produced by the metronome has a periodic relationship with time.

b

​Only the motion of the pendulum has a periodic relationship with time.

Option C,​Only the motion of the pendulum has a periodic relationship with time.

c

​Neither the beat produced by the metronome nor the motion of the pendulum have periodic relationships with time.

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Option A.

Both are periodic: the metronome produces beats at regular time intervals, and the pendulum swings in a repeated (periodic) motion.