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Name : Abhinav Singh Class: PHY LAB II Section: 01

To get credit, always show your work and explain the number of significant digits you use

Lab Report 4 (18 points)

Mass of 1m of string: µ= ___0.3__________ g/m = ____0.0003________


kg/m

Length of the string L= ___200________ cm = ______2_______ m

Table 1 (4 points)

n M (g) M (kg) TS= Mg √ T s (√ N ) λ (m)


(N)
1 1 1750 1.750 17.150 4.141
2 2 440 0.440 4.312 2.077
3 3 195 0.195 1.911 1.382
4 4 110 0.110 1.078 1.038
5 5 70 0.070 0.686 0.828
6 6 50 0.050 0.490 0.700
7 7 36 0.036 0.353 0.594

1. Using Excel or similar program make a graph with λ on Y axis and √T s on the X axis. (4 points)

sqrt(Tension) vs Wavelength
4.500
4.000
f(x) = 0.966813467911512 x − 0.00459020653099507
3.500
3.000
Wavelength

2.500
2.000
1.500
1.000
0.500
0.000
0.000 0.500 1.000 1.500 2.000 2.500 3.000 3.500 4.000 4.500
Tension, sqrt(T) (N)

=>
2. Draw a trend line and display the equation on chart. (2 points)
Paste the graph below.

Slope= 0.9668 (unit: m/sqrt(N) ) (1 point)

3. Intercept = -0.0046 (unit: m ) (1 point)

1
4. According to equation (4), λ should be linearly proportional to
√T s , with f √μ as a slope.
1
Equate your slope to f √μ and solve for the unknown frequency f.

fexp= 59.717 Hz
(unit: Hz ) (1 point)
4. Calculate and record the percentage error of fexp compared to the known value (standard) of the
frequency f=60. Hz. (1 point)

¿
% error = ¿ f exp−standard value∨ standard value ¿ * 100%
= (|59.717-60|)/60) *100%
= 0.471 %

Answer all questions:

1. Was the experiment accurate in finding the experimental value for the frequency? YES NO State
clearly the basis for your answer. (1 point)

 Yes , the experiment was accurate in finding the experimental value for the frequency because
the calculated standard error was just 0.471% which is almost close to 0, suggesting the
calculation was very accurate in terms of standard value of frequency.

2. Was the experiment of finding the frequency precise? YES NO What would you need to answer this
question? Explain your reasoning. (1 point)

 The finding of frequency was extremely precise because all the sample points lies very close to
the for sqrt(T) vs wavelength lies very close to the trendline which means there’s very little
variance in calculated values from the standard values. Thus the experiment is very precise.

3. Does the value of intercept you found look reasonable? YES NO Explain your answer. (1 point)

 Yes , the value of intercept looks reasonable because it is -0.0046 which is very close to zero ,
which suggests that there is linear relationship between between Tension and wavelength (or
inverse relationship between frequency and wavelength), which verifies the theoretical
assumption of that relationship. Thus , it looks reasonable.
4. Suppose the frequency is f=60.0 Hz, L is the one you measured, and the string has a linear density
µ=2.95 x 10-4 kg/m. What is the tension Ts in the string for one loop? Show your work: write the
theoretical formula and then plug in the data. (1 point)
=>
Tension(Ts) = 16.99~ 17 N

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