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Problem 2 for Assignment 1
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: I believe that, as with any human created device, the timer has flaws. However, the fact that the timer estimates times for up to 6 decimal places when recording seconds (from what I have seen so far, it goes up to 6 decimal places), it seems to take a reasonable amount of error into account.
• What is the shortest time interval you think you would be able to measure with reasonable accuracy?
answer/question/discussion: After testing this out, I found that the smallest interval I could reasonably attain was .125
• How does the percent error in timing intervals change as the time between the events gets smaller?
answer/question/discussion: As time between events get smaller, I believe the percent error decreases. This is because there is less room to calculate a wrong answer.
• How accurately are you able to measure the positions of the ball and the pendulum in the initial video?
answer/question/discussion: Unfortunately, my ball was a metal one, so I had to make a makeshift pendulum with a bead I had at home. Therefore, my data may have been different than that of others. However, the intervals that are shorter seem to have less percent error than do the larger intervals.
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This assignment took me approximately 10 minutes to complete.
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