If a simple pendulum has a significant amplitude (up to a factor of 1/e of original) only in the period between t=0 s to t=τ s, then τ may be called the average life of the pendulum. When the spherical Bob of the pendulum suffers a retardation (due to viscous drag) proportional to it’s velocity, with b as the constant of proportionality, the average life time of the pendulum is (assuming damping is small) in seconds