DATA AND RESULTS

Length of the Time taken for 5 Period, T (s) T2 (s2)

pendulum, L (m) oscillations, t1 (s)
(± 0.2 second) (± 0.08 second)
(± 0.001 meter) (± 0.1 second)

0.900 9.5 1.9 3.61

0.800 8.8 1.8 3.24

0.700 8.5 1.7 2.89

0.600 7.8 1.6 2.56

0.500 7.1 1.4 1.96

0.400 6.2 1.2 1.44

0.300 5.6 1.1 1.21

0.200 4.6 0.9 0.81

0.100 3.4 0.7 0.49

 T2 (s2) Vs L m
m1
4

3.61
m2
3.5

3.24

3
2.89

2.56
2.5

Centroid
T2 (s2)

2 2.02
1.96

1.5
1.44

1.21

0.81

0.5 0.49

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1

Length of the pendulum, L (m)

 t1
To calculate T, we use the formula of T =
5

The equation for the graph,

l
T 2=4 π 2
g

Centroid,

(∑ x )
x= =0.50m
N

( ∑ y)
y= =2.02s²
N

Gradient

(1.21−0.81)
Best straight line , m= =4.00 s ²/m
(0.30−0.20)

(3.50−3.02)
Maximum line , m1= =4.80 s ² /m
(0.80−0.70)

(2.02−1.30)
Minimum line , m 2= =3.60 s ² /m
(0.50−0.30)