Period of small-angle oscillations of a simple pendulum

 

Lab 3: Acceleration due to Gravity Using a Simple pendulum

	Borough of Manhattan Community College
	The City University of New York
	SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
	Laboratory Experiment
	Lab 3: ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY
	USING A SIMPLE PENDULUM
Student Last Name			First Name
Accepted g=	9.8	m/s²
		Measured and Calculated Data
Pendulum Length L (m)	Time t for 15 swings (s)	Period T (s) T=t/15	Period Squared T² (s²)	g =4𝛑²L/T² (m/s²)	%Error
1	2	3	4	5	6
	Measured Data	B13/15	C13^2	4*pi()^2*A13/D13	abs(g-E13)/g*100
0.30
0.55
0.75
1.00
			g average (m/s²) =		average(E13:E16)
			% Error =		abs(g-E17)/g*100
	Table of Prepared Data for Plotting the Scatter Chart
	Pendulum Length L (m)	Period Squared T² (s²)
Slope (s²/m)		slope(C21:C24,B21:B24)
g = 4𝛑²/Slope (m/s²)		4*pi()^2/B26
% Error		abs(9.8-B27)/9.8*100
Conclusion:
Plot