CAPE Physics Unit 1 · 2001 · Paper 2 · Question 3(b)(i)
Explain why the student's first measurement was done with a load of 30 N.
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- 3(a)(i)List TWO necessary precautions that should be taken during this experiment.[2 marks]
- 3(a)(ii)Give ONE source of error that will be encountered during the experiment.[1 mark]
- 3(b)(ii)Determine the Young's modulus for the wire.[3 marks]
- 3(c)(i)Sketch the shape of the graph if the elastic limit had been reached at an extension of 6.0 mm.[1 mark]
- 3(c)(ii)What is the work done in stretching the wire from an extension of 3.1 mm to an extension of 6.2 mm?[2 marks]
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