A swinging pendulum between the rest position and its maximum displacement possesses
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A swinging pendulum between the rest position and its maximum displacement possesses both kinetic and potential energy. As the pendulum moves away from its rest position, it gains potential energy due to the increased height above the rest position. As the pendulum swings back towards the rest position, it loses potential energy and gains kinetic energy due to its increased speed. At the rest position, the pendulum has its maximum kinetic energy and minimum potential energy, and at the maximum displacement, it has its maximum potential energy and minimum kinetic energy. Thus, the pendulum continuously converts potential energy to kinetic energy and back again, and possesses both types of energy at any point during its motion.