Speed of sound hints


  1. Formal write up.
  2. Include a screen capture of your graph that shows the original and reflected sound wave.
    1. Describe the graph and how you collected the data from it
    2. Point to and discuss specific portions of your graph
  3. Include data table
  4. Calculate your speed of sound using the average of your data points.
  5. How does your speed of sound compare to the accepted value?
    1. Calculate the accepted speed of sound for the room and show the calculation.
    2. Calculate and show a percent error
  6. What is the ratio of your speed of sound to the accepted?
  7. Was there a difference between the "echo" data speed of suound and the "open tube " data speed of sound?
  8. What are the sources of error