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If the frequency vs. length graph is a straight line, then since frequency decreases with length the graph is decreasing. If it decreases at a constant rate, then it is a straight line, and vice versa. So the line has a negative slope.
A straight line with a negative slope will intersect both the horizontal and vertical axes.
The horizontal axis corresponds to length and the vertical axis to frequency. So the point where the straight line crosses the horizontal axis would therefore give the length of a pendulum whose frequency was 0.
Taking this into consideration, is it or is it not possible that the graph of frequency vs. length is a straight line?
Also, what would be the meaning of the point where the graph intersects the vertical axis? Do you think there could be such a point?
Response title: Intro Pend __ Can freq vs length be a straight line
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Week 01: Week of 05/29/07 - 06/03/07. Assignments 0, 1 and associated class notes
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Assignment 1
Watch the video of the Honda add at http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/ or http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html. The animations are fairly small and not particularly clear in some of the details but either one shows almost everything. If you have RealPlayer there are other links with larger and clearer pictures. You can also search the Web under Honda Cog Commercial for better or alternative links. Everything that happens there is physics and as this course progresses you will develop an understanding of the principles and laws that govern this system. Preferably read the background first (link below), which takes a few minutes but is worth it. If you want to read about the process (this stuff all really happened and it took a team of engineers over 600 takes until it all worked) click on Honda commercial background.htm .
Introductory Problem Sets, Set 2, #'s 1-4
Submit the form Formatting Guidelines and Conventions before doing any subsequent experiments. This form shouldn't take you over 30 minutes.
Complete the lab Error Analysis I.
Complete the lab-related exercise Fitting a Straight Line.
When you have completed Assignment 1 run query_assts_0_1. Enter 0 for the number of the assignment. Submit the SEND file using the Submit Work Form.
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There are links in assignment 1.
http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html
Honda commercial background.htm
Introductory Problem Sets
Formatting Guidelines and Conventions
Error Analysis I
Fitting a Straight Line
query_assts_0_1
Submit Work Form
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http://www.videoclipstream.com/akamai/h-l/honda/
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/honda-ad.html
The two links above take you to video footage of HONDA products.
Honda commercial background.htm gives you the story dealing with the Honda video.
Introductory Problem Sets gives you a list of problems and their solutions that are used to practice what you understand about physics.
Formatting Guidelines and Conventions is a forming explaining how to list data that had to be complete.
Error Analysis I is a form dealing with standard deviation.
Fitting a Straight Line is a form dealing with graphs and drawing best fit lines.
query_assts_0_1 are questions asking basic ideas about the work you have done.
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When you have completed Assignment 1 run query_assts_0_1. Enter 0 for the number of the assignment. Submit the SEND file using the Submit Work Form.
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q_a_rates, q_a_initial, q_a_areas, query_assts_0_1 (applied to Assignment 1)
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