Questions and Answers, Examples

Week 1 Questions

Pendulum Analysis:   log(T) vs. log(L) and T vs. L 

Using the Pendulum as a Timer

Finding the Slope of a Straight Line from a Data Set

Error Bars, Rectangles, and Linearity

Experiment 3 Questions (Plotting Quantity 2 vs. Quantity 1, Ramp Setup)

Velocity vs. Clock Time from Position vs. Clock Time Data

Acceleration vs. Clock Time from Position vs. Clock Time Data

Experiment 5 Questions (finding slopes, using the pendulum function)

Experiment 6 Questions (How do we  `ds = .5 g `dt^2 in this experiment?)

Flow Experiment v vs. t graph (Is v vs. t linear and acceleration therefore constant)

Experiment 10 Questions (terminology of the CALIBRT program; also information relevant to Exp 15)

Experiment 11 Question(s) (using CALIBRT)

Experiment 15 Question(s)   (Calculating Approximate Force * Distance)

Experiment 16 Questions(s)   (How to get the potential energy change)