UIC Physics Department Physics 141 Prelab Assignment Introduction to Measurements and Error Analysis Lab Section (Day & Time): Name: Date: Pre - laboratory Assignment ‘Due at the beginning of your lab class. Answer all questions. Only some will be graded, fora total of 10 point. 1, Use Figure 1 to determine the Figure 1 eee ee eee] the gray rod and uncertainty TINT QTTILPTT TT PTT TT PTT TL TTT TIT IPTT TTT TTY TITTY TITTY TTT associated with the value, The Yd gt al st ela oad. tl 1a THT scale is in centimeters. Answer: Least Count = cm Length = + cm 2, Two students, named Alice, ~ Joe and Al make measurements A ia is (Ly 1. ay (in m) of the length of a table | Alice | 1.4717 | 1.4711 | 1.4722 using a meter stick. Each their measurements tabulated inthe | Joe | 14753] 1.4759 | 1.4756 | | table below. ~The actual length of the table is 1.4715 m (was determined by very sophisticated laser measurement techniques. 2(a). Apply Eqs. (1), (2) and (4) (see lab manual) to calculate the mean ((L)), standard deviation (a) and standard error (a,)) for Alice’s and Joe's measurements of length and record their values in the table above. 2(b). Alice and Joe wish to combine their data to get an average of these two independent measurements and find the uncertainty in this common mean value. Your answer must include the uncertainty associated with this weighted average value. [Hint: see section “Combining data from repeated experiments” in the lab manual for further details on this calculation]. Answer: Length = + m ts) ve oz |y(m | % 0.5 0.25 0.034 | 1.08 0.24 0.7 0.49 0.031 | 240 0.38 0.9 0.81 0.025 | 2.84 0.21 To do that, he dropped a ball from different heights, y,anduseda | 1.0 | 1.00 | 0.029 | 4.38 | 0.28 photo gate to measure the time interval, f ittakesthe balltoreach [7 | 421 | 0.027) 513 | 024 the ground. The experimental results he got are collected in the = table to the right. 13 | 169 | 0.033 | 7.59 | 045 3.A student is trying to find the acceleration of gravity, g, by using 1 de y=zat 3(@). Figure 2 shows a scatter plot of y vs t? with error bars. Apply the Max-Min graphical method described in the lab manual to draw a line of best fit and find the slope, intercept and its uncertainties. Record your results below. cs Slope = + Intercept = Introduction to Measurements and Error Analysis Page 1 of 2UIC Physics Department Physics 141 Prelab Assignment 3(b). Use the results you obtained in 3(a) to determine Figure 2 the experimental value of the acceleration due to gravity and their uncertainties and compare this value | 9 with its table (true) value, 9.80665 m/s2. & + m/s? 7 3(©). Use LibreOffice Cale (or Excel) to ploty vs ¢? and include error bars to the data points. Then, ; * m Add a linear regression trendline and record the fitting parameters (including units) below: 3 - Slope = 2 1 ee Intercept = a 0 02 04 06 08 1 12 14 16 18 Re 262) 3(d) Apply the LINEST() function to find the slope, intercept, and its uncertainties. Record its values (with units) below. Slope = + Intercept = + 3(@) Use the results you obtained in 3(4) to determine the experimental value of the acceleration due to gravity and record its value and uncertainty below. ee + m/s? min the space to the right insert a screenshot of your LibreOffice Calc (or Excel) worksheet. 3. Compare your results obtained in steps 3(b) and 3(e) Introduction to Measurements and Error Analysis Page 2 of