Significant Figures with Kinetic Energy Formula?

[ProfessorMadMan]

Homework Statement

An object of mass m = 2.3±0.1 kg is moving at a speed of v = 1.25±0.03 m/s. Calculate the kinetic energy (K = 1 /2mv² ) of the object. What is the uncertainty in K?

I am not exactly sure if I used the error equation correctly when I start using Δ(v²). Could someone verify my logic here?

Homework Equations

K=0.5mv²

Δ(v²)=nx^(n-1)(Δx)

ΔK=(k )(z(Δm/m +(Δv²)/(v²))), k=0.5, z=1.8

The Attempt at a Solution

K=0.5mv2=0.5(2.3kg)(1.25m/s)²=1.8J

Power Error Equation
Δ(v²)=nx^(n-1)(Δx)
=2(1.25)^1(0.03)

Δ(v²)=0.075

Multiplication and Constant Error Equation

ΔK=(k )(z(Δm/m +(Δv²)/(v²)))

K = 0.5 ⋅ 1.8 ⋅((0.1/2.3)+(0.075/1.252))

K = 0.08

 

[haruspex]

K = 0.5 ⋅ 1.8 ⋅((0.1/2.3)+(0.075/1.252))

Where did the 0.5 come from?

An easy way to check your answer is to plug in the values that would make K its max: 1.25+0.03, 2.3+0.1.

 

[ProfessorMadMan]

Where did the 0.5 come from?

An easy way to check your answer is to plug in the values that would make K its max: 1.25+0.03, 2.3+0.1.

Sorry this was meant to be K = 0.5 ⋅ 1.8 ⋅((0.1/2.3)+(0.075/1.25²)), is that still correct?

The 0.5 comes from the K=1/2 mv²

I understand that the 0.5 is an exact number, but my thought is that the uncertainty that I am calculating here needs to be scaled ( or with the same ratio) after you put the uncertainty with mass and speed given in the beginning through the KE formula. OR does that not matter?

 

[ProfessorMadMan]

Where did the 0.5 come from?

An easy way to check your answer is to plug in the values that would make K its max: 1.25+0.03, 2.3+0.1.

I am using the exact constant rule: z = k Δx, whereas k has no uncertainty, or Δk=0. So I use 0.5 from the kinetic energy formula as k.

 

[SammyS]

Homework Statement

An object of mass m = 2.3±0.1 kg is moving at a speed of v = 1.25±0.03 m/s. Calculate the kinetic energy (K = 1 /2mv² ) of the object. What is the uncertainty in K?

I am not exactly sure if I used the error equation correctly when I start using Δ(v²). Could someone verify my logic here?

Homework Equations

K=0.5mv²

Δ(v²)=nx^(n-1)(Δx)

ΔK=(k )(z(Δm/m +(Δv²)/(v²))), k=0.5, z=1.8

In general, Δ(xⁿ) = nxⁿ⁻¹(Δx) .

Specifically, Δ(v²) = 2v¹(Δv) .

 

[haruspex]

The 0.5 comes from the K=1/2 mv2

You already included that when calculating the 1.8J.