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Practice 1.1 (p.7) : N Cycles. The Time For Each Cycle Is Equal To

This document is the first chapter of a physics textbook about motion. It covers the following topics in 3 sentences: It introduces the concept of percentage error in measurements and gives examples of calculating percentage error for time and length measurements. It discusses using stopwatches to measure short time differences between athletes and how the error is too large for close races. It also introduces the concept of measuring the time it takes an object to complete multiple cycles of a motion to determine the time for a single cycle.

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Practice 1.1 (p.7) : N Cycles. The Time For Each Cycle Is Equal To

This document is the first chapter of a physics textbook about motion. It covers the following topics in 3 sentences: It introduces the concept of percentage error in measurements and gives examples of calculating percentage error for time and length measurements. It discusses using stopwatches to measure short time differences between athletes and how the error is too large for close races. It also introduces the concept of measuring the time it takes an object to complete multiple cycles of a motion to determine the time for a single cycle.

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2 Force and Motion Chapter 1 Motion (I)

Practice 1.1 (p.7) Percentage error


1 B 0.005
=  100%
Maximum percentage error 23.38
10 6 = 0.0214%
=  100% = 1.16  109 %
24  60  60 7 (a) Percentage error
2 B 0.3
=  100%
12.04
From 1 January 2014 to 10 January 2014, the
= 2.49%
watch runs slower than the actual time by 9
(b) Athletes may be separated by less than
minutes.
0.1 s. The error in using stop-watches is
Therefore, when the actual time is 2:00 pm on
too large.
10 January 2014, the time shown on the watch
8 He can measure the time t for her to complete
should be 1:51 pm.
n cycles. The time for each cycle is equal to
3 C
t
Let x be the length of the object. .
n
0.5
 100% = 5%
x
x = 10 mm
183.4
4 (a) 183.4 cm = m = 1.834 m
100
(b) 357 500 km = 357 500  1000 m
= 357 500 000 m
= 3.575  108 m
(c) 32.0 nm = 32.0  109 m
= 0.000 000 032 0 m
= 3.20  108 m
5 (a) 1 day = 24  60  60 s = 86 400 s
(b) 1 year = 365  24  60  60
= 31 536 000 s
= 3.1536  107 s
(c) 3 hours 35 minutes and 4 seconds
= 3  60  60 + 35  60 + 4
= 12 904 s
6 (a) Reading = 5.5 cm = 55 mm
0.5
Percentage error =  100%
55
= 0.909%
(b) Reading = 23.38 s

New Senior Secondary Physics at Work (Second Edition) 1


 Oxford University Press 2015

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