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We took timings in lab of a pendulum.
Activity 1: release the pendulum from 10 degrees. Time how long it takes to do 10 oscillations.
Activity 3, shorten the length of the string to 2/3 original, then to 1/3 original and time 10 oscillations from a 10 degree release point.
Conclusion:
Using your data from activities 1 and 3, compute ln(T/1s), ln(L/1cm), for each length and their worst-case uncertainties. Describe your reasoning in detail and show all calculations.
Plot a graph of ln(T/(1s)) vs ln(L/(1cm)) and determine its slope. Discuss how you use uncertainty in the data to determine worst-case uncertainty in the slope. Is your slope consistent with the expected value of n=1/2? Explain your reasoning carefully.
What does this mean?
It never tells us what the formulas ln(T/(1s)) and ln(L/(1cm)) mean. So how can I expect that the slopes of their graphs will equal 1/2? How can I draw any conclusions when I don't know why I'm applying that formula?
Also, what's the point of dividing T by 1? It's just going to give me T? And why do they want me to divide L by 1? It's just going to give me L.
Activity 1: release the pendulum from 10 degrees. Time how long it takes to do 10 oscillations.
Activity 3, shorten the length of the string to 2/3 original, then to 1/3 original and time 10 oscillations from a 10 degree release point.
Conclusion:
Using your data from activities 1 and 3, compute ln(T/1s), ln(L/1cm), for each length and their worst-case uncertainties. Describe your reasoning in detail and show all calculations.
Plot a graph of ln(T/(1s)) vs ln(L/(1cm)) and determine its slope. Discuss how you use uncertainty in the data to determine worst-case uncertainty in the slope. Is your slope consistent with the expected value of n=1/2? Explain your reasoning carefully.
What does this mean?
It never tells us what the formulas ln(T/(1s)) and ln(L/(1cm)) mean. So how can I expect that the slopes of their graphs will equal 1/2? How can I draw any conclusions when I don't know why I'm applying that formula?
Also, what's the point of dividing T by 1? It's just going to give me T? And why do they want me to divide L by 1? It's just going to give me L.