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    A physics experiment measured the time it took a small sphere to roll down an inclined track from rest of varying heights. A student hypothesized that time is proportional to the inverse of height, but a graph of time vs inverse height showed the data did not fit a straight line relationship. Another student suggested the relationship is of the form time equals a constant k over the square root of height. A graph of time squared vs inverse height showed the data followed a linear relationship, allowing values for the constant k and its uncertainty to be determined from the best fit line.

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    IBDP Physics. May2012 Data Analysis.

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    12M1-A1 Data Analysis

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    A physics experiment measured the time it took a small sphere to roll down an inclined track from rest of varying heights. A student hypothesized that time is proportional to the inverse of height, but a graph of time vs inverse height showed the data did not fit a straight line relationship. Another student suggested the relationship is of the form time equals a constant k over the square root of height. A graph of time squared vs inverse height showed the data followed a linear relationship, allowing values for the constant k and its uncertainty to be determined from the best fit line.

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    Answer All Questions. Write Your Answers in The Boxes Provided

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    –2– M12/4/PHYSI/HP2/ENG/TZ1/XX

    Section a

    Answer all questions. Write your answers in the boxes provided.

    A1. Data analysis question.

    A small sphere rolls down a track of constant length AB. The sphere is released from rest at A.
    The time  t  that the sphere takes to roll from A to B is measured for different values of height  h.

    track
    h

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    1
    A student suggests that  t  is proportional to . To test this hypothesis a graph of  t  against
    h
    1
    is plotted as shown on the axes below. The uncertainty in  t  is shown and the uncertainty in
    h
    1
    is negligible.
    h

    2.0

    1.5

    t/s 1.0

    0.5

    0.0
    0 2 4 6 8 10 12
    1
    / m–1
    h

    (a) (i) Draw the straight line that best fits the data. [1]

    (ii) State why the data do not support the hypothesis. [1]

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    (Question A1 continued)

    (b) Another student suggests that the relationship between  t  and  h  is of the form

    1
    t=k
    h

    where  k  is a constant.

    1
    To test whether or not the data support this relationship, a graph of t2 against is plotted
    as shown below. h

    The best-fit line takes into account the uncertainties for all data points.

    3.5

    3.0

    2.5

    2.0

    t2 / s2

    1.5

    1.0

    0.5

    0
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    1 –1
    /m
    h
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    (Question A1 continued)

    1
    The uncertainty in  t2 for the data point where =10.0 m–1 is shown as an error bar on
    the graph. h

    1
    (i) State the value of the uncertainty in  t2 for =10.0 m–1. [1]
    h

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    (ii) Calculate the uncertainty in  t2 when  t = 0.8 ± 0.1 s. Give your answer to an
    appropriate number of significant digits. [4]

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    (iii) Use the graph to determine the value of  k. Do not calculate its uncertainty. [3]

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    (iv) State the unit of  k . [1]

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