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This document contains five problems involving calculating uncertainties: 1) calculating the total capacitance and uncertainty of five capacitors in parallel, 2) calculating the difference and uncertainty between two measurements, 3) calculating the wavelength and uncertainty of laser light from given values, 4) calculating missing averages and uncertainties from experimental data in a table, 5) calculating current averages and uncertainties from frequency data, plotting the results, calculating the gradient and relationship.

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Tutorial 2

This document contains five problems involving calculating uncertainties: 1) calculating the total capacitance and uncertainty of five capacitors in parallel, 2) calculating the difference and uncertainty between two measurements, 3) calculating the wavelength and uncertainty of laser light from given values, 4) calculating missing averages and uncertainties from experimental data in a table, 5) calculating current averages and uncertainties from frequency data, plotting the results, calculating the gradient and relationship.

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1. Five capacitors are combined in parallel.

Their total capacitance is their sum,


i.e. Ctotal = C1 + C2 + C3 + C4 + C5. Calculate the uncertainty in the total
capacitance if their values are:

(820 ± 20) x 10-9 F (560 ± 10) x 10-9 F (470 ± 10) x 10-9 F


(220 ± 40) x 10-9 F (180 ± 40) x 10-9 F

2. Calculate the difference, with its associated uncertainty, between the


following two readings:

57.6 ± 0.2 cm and 50.0 ± 0.1 cm

3. The wavelength of the laser light has been calculated from the gradient of a
graph to be 0.0064 ± 0.0002.

Use the equation λ = gradient × d to calculate the value, with its associated
uncertainty, of the wavelength λ where d has the value (1.00 ± 0.01) × 10−4 m.

4.

y (± 0.1) cm x (cm)
L (±1)
cm 1 2 3 4 5 Averag
e

250 6.4 ±
0.3

300 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.8

350 9.0 8.8 9.1 8.9 9.2

400 10.2 10.2 10.3 10.0 10.3

450 11.4 11.6 11.4 11.6 11.5

500 12.9 12.6 12.9 12.8 12.8

The table shows data that has been collected from an experiment. Calculate the
missing averages. Report figures to correct number of S.F. with associated
uncertainty.
Use the equation: Y = 4x + 2 to calculate x with its associated uncertainty.
5.

Frequenc Current, I (mA) Average Uncertainty in


y,f (Hz) Current, Iave Iave
± 20 Hz (mA) (mA)
200 15.7 15.9 17.5 16.8 17.0

400 34.1 34.5 33.0 32.7 32.0

600 49.0 48.3 48.7 52.6 48.8

800 66.4 66.9 65.5 64.5 67.2

1000 79.0 83.7 83.4 80.3 85.0

The table shows data collected from another experiment.


a) Calculate the Average Current with its associated uncertainty.
b) Graph the data on the grid below with error bars.
c) Include an error line.
d) Calculate the gradient with its associated uncertainty
e) Show the relationship between Frequency and Current.
Average
Circuit
Current,
Iave
Graph of Average Circuit Current Against Frequency
100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Frequency, f (Hz)

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