energy conversion 1

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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