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The problem:
You don't have to actually do so, but it should be clear that if you wished to do so, you could take several observations of positions and clock times. The main point here is to think about how you would use that information if you did go to the trouble of collecting it. However, most students do not answer these questions in terms of position and clock time information. Some students do not pause the video as instructed. To be sure you are thinking in terms of positions and clock times, please take a minute to do the following, which should not take you more than a couple of minutes:
• Pick one of the videos, and write down the position and clock time of one of the objects, as best you can determine them, in each of three different frames. The three frames should all depict the same 'roll' down the ramp, i.e. the same video clip, at three different clock times. They should not include information from two or more different video clips.
• For each of the three readings, simply write down the clock time as it appears on the computer screen, and the position of the object along the meter stick. You can choose either object (i.e., either the pendulum or the roll of tape), but use the same object for all three measurements. Do not go to a lot of trouble to estimate the position with great accuracy. Just make the best estimates you can in a couple of minutes.
Which object did you choose and what were the three positions and the three clock times?
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I chose to watch the pendulum. The first position was at 0 inches with the clock showing 57.609. The second position was around 9 inches with the clock showing 59.528. The third position was around 11 inches with the clock reading 59.687.
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In the following you don't have to actually do calculations with your actual data. Simply explain how you would use data of this nature if you had a series of several position vs. clock time observations:
• If you did use observations of positions and clock times from this video, how accurately do you think you could determine the positions, and how accurately do you think you would know the clock times? Give a reasonable numerical answer to this question (e.g., positions within 1 meter, within 2 centimeters, within 3 inches, etc; clock times within 3 seconds, or within .002 seconds, or within .4 seconds, etc.). You should include an explanations of the basis for your estimate: Why did you make the estimate you did?
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For roughly every .16 seconds it appears that the pendulum is moving 2 inches. This is based on the second and third position that I gathered in the previous question. The amount of time was roughly .160 and the distance was around 2 inches. If I was too collect more data it would allow me to make a much more certain observation.
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• How can you use observations of position and clock time to determine whether the tape rolling along an incline is speeding up or slowing down?
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To solve this it would require pausing to collect data much more frequently. The more points that you could gather the closer to telling how the speed is changing you could come.
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• How can you use observations of position and clock time to determine whether the swinging pendulum is speeding up or slowing down?
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You would solve this also by collecting more data. The more frequently you pause the more you can learn about the distance and time. Over my 3 times the pendulum went from not moving to speeding up significantly. If I pause again later in the video I will see that the pendulum has traveled a shorter distance over a longer period of time, showing that it is slowing back down.
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• Challenge (University Physics students should attempt answer Challenge questions; Principles of Physics and General College Physics may do so but it is optional for these students): It is obvious that a pendulum swinging back and forth speeds up at times, and slows down at times. How could you determine, by measuring positions and clock times, at what location a swinging pendulum starts slowing down?
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By comparing the times and positions of the pendulum over numerous locations it would allow you to identify which point the pendulum begins to slow down.
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• Challenge (University Physics students should attempt answer Challenge questions; Principles of Physics and General College Physics may do so but it is optional for these students): How could you use your observations to determine whether the rate at which the tape is speeding up is constant, increasing or decreasing?
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You could determine whether the rate at which the tape is speeding up is constant, increasing, or decreasing, by simply gathering your data and comparing the distance to the time elapsed over numerous points to show at what rate the tape is speeding up.
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