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The motion of a simple pendulum becomes a simple harmonic whenever a restoring force is proportional to to displacement, a relationship often known as hookes law when applied to springs.
F =-KX
Where F is the restoring force,K is the spring constant and X is the displacement.
DALMUS AKAMA answered the question on October 6, 2017 at 10:44
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