November 5, 2017

ON17 P52 Q2 Standing Waves

 9702/52/O/N/17: A student is investigating stationary waves on a stretched elastic cord. A vibrator attached to the cord is connected to a signal generator. The apparatus is set up as shown in Fig. 2.1.

The  mass  M  attached  to  the  cord  is  adjusted  until  resonance  is  obtained.  The  number  n  of  antinodes on the stationary wave is recorded. The experiment is repeated with different masses to obtain different values of n. It is suggested that M and n are related by the equation

\(f = \dfrac{n}{2L} \sqrt{\dfrac{Mg}{\mu}} \)

where f  is  the  frequency  of  the  vibrator,  g  is  the  acceleration  of  free  fall,  L  is  the  length  of  the  elastic cord and n is the mass per unit length of the elastic cord.



 




October/November 2017 Paper 5 Variant 2 Question 2 data analysis.

1 comment:

  1. hey miss for the error bar in point (0.040,300) shouldn't the error bar be on 330 since the uncertainty for 300 is +- 30. yours in on 350. is is okay if mine is on 330?

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