Experiment: You measure the physical world by varying a physical quantity x and measuring its effect...

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Experiment: You measure the physical world by varying a physical quantity x and measuring its effect on physical quantity y, creating a set of x and y pairs of data. Theory: Suppose the equation given in each part below is the accepted theoretical equation that relates x to y. Note: these equations also contain constants a = 5 and q = 9. (We'll ignore units in this problem.) For each case, how should you plot your data, in order for it to appear linear? (for example, so that it would be appropriate to perform a linear fit on it.) a.) If the theoretical equation was: y = x/a-q then your experimental graph should be linear if you plotted: ---Select--- ---Select--- on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis and would be expected to have a slope of: and a vertical axis intercept of: b.) Repeat if instead y = q + (ax) ---Select--- ---Select--- slope: vertical axis intercept: on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis c.) Repeat if instead cos(y) = a.sin(x) ---Select--- ---Select--- slope: on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis vertical axis intercept: d.) Repeat if instead In(y) = a.sin(x) + q ---Select--- ---Select--- on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis slope: vertical axis intercept: Experiment: You measure the physical world by varying a physical quantity x and measuring its effect on physical quantity y, creating a set of x and y pairs of data. Theory: Suppose the equation given in each part below is the accepted theoretical equation that relates x to y. Note: these equations also contain constants a = 5 and q = 9. (We'll ignore units in this problem.) For each case, how should you plot your data, in order for it to appear linear? (for example, so that it would be appropriate to perform a linear fit on it.) a.) If the theoretical equation was: y = x/a-q then your experimental graph should be linear if you plotted: ---Select--- ---Select--- on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis and would be expected to have a slope of: and a vertical axis intercept of: b.) Repeat if instead y = q + (ax) ---Select--- ---Select--- slope: vertical axis intercept: on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis c.) Repeat if instead cos(y) = a.sin(x) ---Select--- ---Select--- slope: on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis vertical axis intercept: d.) Repeat if instead In(y) = a.sin(x) + q ---Select--- ---Select--- on the vertical axis on the horizontal axis slope: vertical axis intercept: