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After landing on an unfamiliar planet, a space explorer constructs a simple pendulum of length 47.0 cm. The explorer finds that the pendulum makes 104 complete swings in a time of 133 s. What is the value of the acceleration of gravity on this planet? Express your answer in meters per second per second (ie, meters per second^2).

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