I made measurements with a simple Atwood's Machine. The mass on the left-hand side fell by d = 98 cm each time.
Left-hand mass Right-hand mass time M1 (g) M2 (g) (s) ----------------------------------------------------------------- 207 200 4.06 4.03 3.88 206.5 200.5 4.53 4.59 4.62 206 201 5.00 5.00 5.06 205.5 201.5 6.13 6.16 6.19 205 202 8.00 7.75 7.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------
Your job: use this data to make a table, and then a graph. The table should look like this:
M1-M2 Mass difference Total mass ----- time acceleration M1-M2 M1+M2 M1+M2 (s) (cm/s^2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
We'll split up the task of computing these values, and then write the values up on the board for everyone to copy.
The graph should show
Determine slope of the straight line on this diagram, and its uncertainty.
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