PHY 121
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** How far and through what angle did the block displace on a single trial, with rubber band tension equal to the weight of two dominoes? **
0,0
** 5 trials, distance in cm then rotation in degrees, with rubber band tension equal to the weight of two dominoes: **
1cm
1cm
1.5cm
1.5cm
2cm
marked each position whenever it moved
** Rubber band lengths resulting in 5 cm, 10 cm and 15 cm slides: **
10cm
10cm
** 5 trials, distance in cm then rotation in degrees, with rubber band tension equal to the weight of four dominoes: **
5cm
5.5cm
7cm
6cm
5cm
** 5 trials, distance in cm then rotation in degrees, with rubber band tension equal to the weight of six dominoes: **
10cm
11cm
10cm
12cm
11cm
** 5 trials, distance in cm then rotation in degrees, with rubber band tension equal to the weight of eight dominoes: **
13cm
14cm
14cm
13cm
15cm
** 5 trials, distance in cm then rotation in degrees, with rubber band tension equal to the weight of ten dominoes: **
18cm
19cm
19cm
20cm
18cm
** Rubber band length, the number of dominoes supported at this length, the mean and the standard deviation of the sliding distance in cm, and the energy associated with the stretch, for each set of 5 trials: **
5.7, .8367
10.8, .8367
13.38, .8367
18.8, .8367
You haven't reported the lengths of your rubber bands or the number of dominoes supported at each length.
** Slope and vertical intercept of straight-line approximation to sliding distance vs. energy, units of slope and vertical intercept, description of the graph and closeness to line, any indication of curvature: **
5.5, 20
3.64
** Lengths of first and second rubber band for (first-band) tensions supporting 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 dominoes: **
3, 5
cm
The rubber bands are over 7 cm long before they stretch. These can't be the lengths.
** Mean sliding distance and std dev for each set of 5 trials, using 2 rubber bands in series: **
10cm, 15cm
10cm, 17cm
10cm, 19cm
10cm, 21cm
10cm, 23cm
** Slope and vertical intercept of straight-line approximation to sliding distance vs. energy, units of slope and vertical intercept, description of the graph and closeness to line, any indication of curvature: **
5cm
8cm
10cm
13cm
15cm
** 1-band sliding distance and 2-band sliding distance for each tension: **
3cm, 7cm
5cm, 8cm
6cm, 10cm
9cm, 12cm
10cm, 15cm
** Slope and vertical intercept of straight-line approximation to 2-band sliding distance vs. 1-band sliding distance, units of slope and vertical intercept, description of the graph and closeness to line, any indication of curvature: **
2.3, 1.6, 1.67, 1.3, 1.5
10
** Discussion of two hypotheses: 1. The sliding distance is directly proportional to the amount of energy required to stretch the rubber band. 2. If two rubber bands are used the sliding distance is determined by the total amount of energy required to stretch them. **
I believe this is correct
** How long did it take you to complete this experiment? **
90 min
** Optional additional comments and/or questions: **
Your sliding distances look good, but I'm not sure you've reported the correct rubber band lengths.
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