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\title{LaTeX Example}
\author{T.A. Marriage}
\maketitle
\abstract{In the abstract you summarize what you did and what you measured as a quantitative result with error, e.g., $G = (6.64 \pm 0.03) \times 10^{-11}$~Nm$^2$kg$^{-2}$.}
\section{Introduction}
In the introduction you will give the basic idea of the experiment briefly. You will have historic information including citations \cite{newton}. You'll also say briefly how your measurement fits into this picture.
\section{Theory}
\label{sec:theory}
\begin{equation}
F = G \frac{m_1 m_2 }{r^2}
\label{eqn:newton}
\end{equation}
\section{Experiment Apparatus}
\label{sec:experiment}
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=1.5in]{fig.png}
\caption{Apparatus. Figure captions should help understand the figure and provide essential information. Put an image ``fig.png" in the same directory to get this to compile.}
\label{fig:apparatus}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\section{Data}
\label{sec:experiment}
Here you describe the data that you took and
\begin{table}[t]
\begin{center}
{\footnotesize
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
x (m) & t (s) & F (N) \\
\hline\hline
1 & 2 & 3 \\
4 & 5 & 6 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\caption{Data. Tables have captions too. Make sure to give units for all quantities.}
\label{tab:data}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\section{Results}
\label{sec:results}
This section is to describe your modeling of the data. It will describe how you go from your data in Section \ref{sec:experiment} to a quantitative result for some physical parameter(s) along with error estimates.
\section{Conclusion}
This section is for overall discussion and a summary of the previous sections.
\begin{thebibliography}{1}
\bibitem{newton} I. Newton, {\it How Gravity Works}, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1, 4-6 (1688).
\end{thebibliography}
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