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Reply 1

If you plot the graph you should be able to tell if it is curve or not.
How many data points did you use?
Should have been at least 5 non-anomalous points.

Reply 2

Well it wasnt a curved line actually very difficult to obtain it but anyhow you shouldnt lose marks for not having it curved right?

Reply 3

could you describe your experiment briefly? What graph are you drawing/the axis; what's your variable?

Reply 4

Neohhh
Well it wasnt a curved line actually very difficult to obtain it but anyhow you shouldnt lose marks for not having it curved right?


I think mine was straight.

Reply 5

Actually, it matters not what the graph is supposed to be, but what the graph is, and how you comment on it. The less like it's supposed to be, the more you have to say about it, thus, the easier you get the marks.

As long as your experiment was/is reliable enough, and accurate enough, there shouldn't be a problem, since the graph will just come about from that.

I think you just do the line of best fit rather than joining the dots, but if that line of best fit happens to be a straight line/curved line, then that's what it is! They can't mark you down for it!

Hope that helps :smile: