Pre Lab 2

Help on pre lab 2 is here


from PIL import Image
from myst_nb import glue

im1 = Image.open("../../images/lab2/one_anti.jpg")
im2=Image.open("../../images/lab2/two_anti.jpg")
im3=Image.open("../../images/lab2/three_anti.jpg")
graph=Image.open("../../images/lab2/pre_lab2_part2.jpg")
glue('1_anti',im1, display=False)
glue('2_anti',im2,display=False)
glue('3_anti',im3,display=False)
glue('graph', graph,display=False)

Part 1

  • Here, you will need to derive a formula for \(\pmb{\lambda}\) from L and n (number of antinodes).

  • Let’s consider 3 scenarios:

1 Antinode

2 Antinodes

3 Antinodes

{glue:figure} 1_anti One Antinode

{glue:figure} 2_anti Two Antinodes

{glue:figure} 3_anti Three Antinodes

Tip

Antinodes are points of maximum amptitude! Look to see which quantity is changing according to each case.

Part 2

  • This one requires a little bit of algebra (getting yourself really cuz its gonna get messy!)

  • We can summarize from the graph ../../_images/prelab2_1_3.png:

Graph

../../_images/prelab2_1_3.png

Fig. 10 Mass vs inverse squared of n plot

Summary

\(\pmb{L}\)

\(1.304\pm{0.005} m\)

\(\pmb{f}\)

\(120.0\pm{0.1} Hz\)

\(\pmb{slope}\)

\(-0.0013\pm{0.0004}\)

  • \(v = \sqrt{\frac{T}{\mu}} = f * \lambda\) (1) where:

    • \(\lambda\) = your findings in part 1

    • \(T = m * g\) (2), mass hanging on a spring right?

  • Now, look back at the graph. Ask yourself this question: Which one is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable?

  • Then your next step is to isolate the independent on one side and the dependent multiplying with a bunch of terms on the other.

Tip

Your bunch of terms that multiplies with the independent variable (not including the variable) is the slope!