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Peter G.
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So, I have to assess the relationship between the Constant of a Spring and the Time Period of Oscillations.
I have researched the equation that links the two and I know that to have a straight line graph I need to plot:
T2 against 1/K
However, I do not know why; how I get to that conclusion.
I have read about log-log graphs and played around with the concept to see if it would yield the plot I mentioned above. I tried plotting for the log of T against the log of K and I did get a straight line plot. I checked if my gradient was equal to -0.5 and my y-intercept was equal to (log 2∏-0.5 log m) and they were, but I still do not understand why I have to plot T2 against 1/K.
Can anyone please shed some light onto this please?
Thanks in advance!
I have researched the equation that links the two and I know that to have a straight line graph I need to plot:
T2 against 1/K
However, I do not know why; how I get to that conclusion.
I have read about log-log graphs and played around with the concept to see if it would yield the plot I mentioned above. I tried plotting for the log of T against the log of K and I did get a straight line plot. I checked if my gradient was equal to -0.5 and my y-intercept was equal to (log 2∏-0.5 log m) and they were, but I still do not understand why I have to plot T2 against 1/K.
Can anyone please shed some light onto this please?
Thanks in advance!