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PASCO ME-8960 DEMONSTRATION GYROSCOPE User Manual

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Demonstration Gyroscope

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Questions

What happens to the direction of precession if the spin of the disk is reversed?

How does the rate of precession change if the angular speed of the disk is increased?

Acceleration

Rotational Inertia

Average Angular Speed of Disk

Experimental Precession Rate

Theoretical Precession Rate

% Difference

Table 1.3: Results