Marked Report

This practical is an investigation into the waves of the Slinky. By oscillating one end of the stretched slinky, a compression moving along it was observed. Changes in the length of the stretch appeared, from observation, to have an effect on the velocity of the moving compression. Stretching the slinky far, seemed to give the compression a greater velocity than if the stretch was short. Therefore, I decided to investigate...

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