MAE 113 Winter 2008
Common Errors in HW 3
- not using proper units was a very common mistake
- not using the right equations for cp(T) and using constant cp
- not doing a "sanity check" on
answers, many people calculated the speed of sound ~20 m/s, which is
obviously wrong considering the speed of sound at STP is 344 m/s, and
the calculations are at a higher temperature