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course Phy 121

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The problem:Answer the following:

• How accurately do you think you can measure the time between two events using the TIMER program?

answer/question/discussion (start in the next line):

I believe I could accurately measure these times to the .5 second.

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• What is the shortest time interval you think you would be able to measure with reasonable accuracy?

answer/question/discussion (start in the next line):

The shortest time interval I think I could measure with accuracy would be 1s.

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• How does the percent error in timing intervals change as the time between the events gets smaller?

answer/question/discussion (start in the next line):

The smaller the intervals, the quicker one has to react to the timer.

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• How accurately are you able to measure the positions of the ball and the pendulum in the initial video?

answer/question/discussion (start in the next line):

I believe I was able to measure those fairly accurately since I could pause the video and examine it.

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