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A disc of radius R=10 cm oscillates as a physical pendulum about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the disc at a distance r from its centre. Consider a distance r=R4 from the centre. What is the approximate period of oscillation ?
(Take  g=10 m s-2 )

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