Skill — Transform non-linear relationships into straight lines to identify laws.
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00b
Linked atoms
12 linked atoms.
00 Physical quantities, estimation, equilibrium
00b Experimental method
- Worked example — Bouncing ball (semi-log)
- Worked example — Total bounce time (log-log)
- Power law and the log-log graph
- Exponential law and the semi-log graph
- Problem — Critiquing the graph, extrapolation
- Problem — Calibration curve
- Problem — Exponent from a log-log graph
- Problem — Linear graph y = kx
- Problem — Law from the pendulum data
- Problem — Log-log bounce
- When to use semi-log and when to use log-log