*SIMPLE slope question on graphic - Units?

Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
3 replies · 2K views
nukeman
Messages
651
Reaction score
0

Homework Statement



I just want to be 100% sure I got this correct.

I have a log graph, and along the x-axis I have diameter (in cm's) and up the y-axis I have period (in seconds).

I had to get the slope, which I got, but what are the units of the slope?

s/cm ?



Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution

 
Physics news on Phys.org
nukeman said:

Homework Statement



I just want to be 100% sure I got this correct.

I have a log graph, and along the x-axis I have diameter (in cm's) and up the y-axis I have period (in seconds).

I had to get the slope, which I got, but what are the units of the slope?

s/cm ?

Homework Equations



The Attempt at a Solution

Which axis is a logarithm? ... or are both?
 
hi nukeman! :smile:

a log is always dimensionless

even when it looks as if it's eg log(time), it's really log(time/time0)…

dimensionless! :wink:

so the logx (or is it logy?) axis has no units :smile: