Answer to Question #185013 in Physics for Sulaiman

Question

Along narrow cylinder of mass Mo float upright in water in large container inside an aeroplane in flight at a uniform horizontal speed. different masses are added to the cylinder and the period T of small vertical oscillations measured as show in the table below M kg

0.03

0.06

0.09

0.12

0.15

T s

1.76

1.93

2.11

2.23

2.37

i. plot a graph of T^2 against M

ii. Determine the slope of your graph an intercept on the m axis

iii. If T^2=Cm+B, find the Value off the Constant C and B

Answer 1

$$C=20.955\frac{s^2}{kg}\\B=2.4869\ kg$$