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Simon George
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Hi!
So it's new for me to do physics lab that way and my teacher is asking us to define the independant, dependant and controlled variables of every lab we're doing. I'm not quite sure what they refer to... For example, in a moment of inertia lab (see picture), I am asked this question. The objective of this experiment is to experimentally find the moment of inertia of this system with a sensor that will measure the angular velocity. This is what I tried:
controlled variable: moment of inertia of the disk and ring
independant variable: the mass of the hanging mass
dependant varable: the angular velocity
I have no idea if that is good as it is my first time doing this. Please ask below if you have any question about the experiment! thanks:)
So it's new for me to do physics lab that way and my teacher is asking us to define the independant, dependant and controlled variables of every lab we're doing. I'm not quite sure what they refer to... For example, in a moment of inertia lab (see picture), I am asked this question. The objective of this experiment is to experimentally find the moment of inertia of this system with a sensor that will measure the angular velocity. This is what I tried:
controlled variable: moment of inertia of the disk and ring
independant variable: the mass of the hanging mass
dependant varable: the angular velocity
I have no idea if that is good as it is my first time doing this. Please ask below if you have any question about the experiment! thanks:)