Recent content by snagglepuffin

The meter stick was about 1mm off on the horizontal, so overall it was level horizontally. The hangers themselves would not hold it perfectly vertical. I tried multiple hangers and picked the best ones, but there was still some twisting down the meter stick. If you look at the end of the...

Homework Statement The sum of the net torques is zero even f the numerical result is not. Rather than simply explaining that the net torque is close to zero, justify that your net torque is small, within the context of this experiment. 2. Attached is a pdf of the lab that we had this...

Thank you Bandersnatch! That is what I was thinking. I re-evaluated it with more points and it was more accurate.

Homework Statement I do not know if this is the correct forum to post this in but here goes. I got all of the answers correct, but I just have a question on part F. 1.) The figure shows a motion diagram of a particle in circular motion at a constant speed. The axes have units of...