Thank you! One last question -- if the uncertainty for measuring the diameter is ± 0.00001 m, how would that change in the inverse square of the diameter? I would think to convert the absolute uncertainty to a relative uncertainty; i.e. 0.0008 ± 0.00001 m would be 0.0008 m ± 1.25 %, and then...
OK, will do, thank you. I am now comparing my experimental value with the theoretical value. The slope is 2x10^-5, so I worked out the following:
|[(1.18 x 10^-6 ohm*m) - (2 x 10^-5 ohm*m)]/(1.18 x 10^-6 ohm*m)| x 100 = 1595 %
That is huge! I worked it out a couple of times and I can't seem to...
Basically my graph is throwing me off since it's not linear. Would it be incorrect if I take the most linear portion of the graph and calculate the slope manually from there, instead of adding a trendline and having excel do it?
Homework Statement
We were given five samples of nichrome wire, each with a different diameter but the same length. A micrometer was used to measure the diameters. We then measured and recorded the electrical resistance, R in Ohms of each nichrome sample with a DMM. I will try to summarize all...
Homework Statement
A biologist determines experimentally that the number of calories burned by a salmon swimming a distance d in miles upstream against a current v0 in miles per hour is given by
Energy = kdv^5/v − v0
where v is the salmon’s swimming speed relative to the water it is in...