Experiment 3: Frequency and Wavelength

Introduction:
In this experiment we determined wavelength as a function of f and found the relationship between frequency and wavelength.

Equipment:

-Long slinky-like coil (to generate waves)
-Meter stick
-Stopwatch

Procedure:

In this experiment we decided that we would measure set distances and create waves and count how long it would take for the system to repeat ten cycles of complete wavelength so we could divide this number by ten for an accurate period (T).

Data/Calculations:

We collected data for five different distances and we did three iterations on each case for further accuracy. We then took the averages of these values and divided them by ten to find the period. We calculated the frequencies from these periods and graphed the information on loggerpro.

Summary:

Our values in this lab were a bit consistent, but there are still a quite a few significant sources of error such as gravity, air resistance, and other less than ideal conditions such as being unable to measure the precise timing for ten wavelength cycles.