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