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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Lab 1 #5
See Error, Uncertainty and Graphs: Propagation of Errors . Consult the expressions (1.5,...).
To get the average length, convert all the minutes to seconds by multiplying the given minutes by 60seconds/1min. Then add up the values and divide by 3 (which is the total # of days).
I still can not figure out the error for this problem.
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HELP!
To get the average length, convert all the minutes to seconds by multiplying the given minutes by 60seconds/1min. Then add up the values and divide by 3 (which is the total # of days).
I still can not figure out the error for this problem.
How is the error calculated?
Basically, look at equation 1.5b which gives you the error for average of t. plug all the numbers in and you should get the answer
T initial are the number they gave you minus T is what you calculated
^^^^ that is correct.
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