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(Solved): graph by different colors Graphs: It's graphing time. These graphs are a bit different than th ...
graph by different colors
Graphs: It's graphing time. These graphs are a bit different than the ones you did in the data analysis assignment at the beginning of the course. In this case you have three things to graph on each graph. (One graph for the 800 kg roller coaster cart and one graph for the 300 kg roller coaster cart.) You need to graph the gravitational potential energy with respect to height, the mechanical kinetic energy vs height, and the velocity vs height. Let's look at the energy graphs first. In this case both kinetic energy and mechanical energy cover the same range of values. This means they can use the same scale on the y-axis. So, you will use the left y-axis and the x-axis to graph the kinetic energy vs height and the potential energy vs height. You will need a legend to explain which line is which. Colour coding is a nice way to highlight this. The velocity values are much different than the energy values. This means you need a totally different scale. So, your left y-axis won't work. You need to make a second scale on the right y-axis for your velocity values. You will plot the points the same way as normal, but you will use the numbers on the right-hand scale instead. Again, be sure to add your velocity line to the legend with a separate colour code.
Results: Table 1: Potential energy, kinetic energy, total energy, and velocity of the 800 kg roller coaster cart. Height (m) Gravitational Potential Energy Mechanical Kinetic Energy (J) (1) OJ 75 60 45 30 15 0 Total Energy (1) 533000 582000 588000 588000 588000 583000 588000 3 4 70400 J 352800J 235200 J 1176.000 03 Velocity (m/s) 5 m/s 117600J 17.146 m/s 2352024-24 Nis 352800J5 29.7 m/s 4704005 588.000 34.3 m/s 38.3 m/s
Energy (J) 600000 500000 400000 30000 200 000 100 000 OT 75 THe: 60 45 Height (m) 30 15 0 Velocity (m/s)