Experiment 101
Newton’s Second Law of Motion
Names of Group Members Part in the Activity Score
LEADER: Labrador, John Paul Conclusion and
Desmos Graphing
Ignacio, John Benedict E102
Ignacio, Ma. Norielyn E102
Jabal, Daniel Vincent E102
Judit, Jenzen Beatriz Table 2 and Sample
Computation
Kono, Aika Table 1 and Sample
Computation
Lim, Justin E102
Meredor, Jessica Anne E102
Montoya, Justine Louis Analysis
Grading Rubrics SCORE
Table 1 (20 points)
Table 2 (20 points)
Safe Assign (5 points)
Presentation (5 points)
TOTAL (50 points)
DATE OF EXPERIMENT 09/03/21
Prof. Ramil R. Jimenez
Instructo
EXPERIMENT NO. 101 : NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION
PART A. Table 1. Constant Mass, Changing Net Force
mass of hover puck, 𝑚1 = 1.5 kg
distance traveled, 𝑠= 1.00 m
acceleration acceleration
hanging mass, net force, (accepted value), 𝑎 time of (experimental value),𝑎 % ERROR
TRIAL 𝑚2 𝑚2 𝑔 (Equation 5) travel, 𝑡 (Equation 6)
1 0.2 kg 1.96 N 1.15 m/s2 1.322 s 1.14 m/s2 0.87 %
2 0.4 kg 3.92 N 2.06 m/s2 0.993 s 2.03 m/s2 1.46 %
3 0.6 kg 5.88 N 2.80 m/s2 0.849 s 2.77 m/s2 1.07%
4 0.8 kg 7.84 N 3.41 m/s2 0.770 s 3.37 m/s2 1.17%
5 1 kg 9.8 N 3.92 m/s2 0.721 s 3.85 m/s2 1.79%
1. SAMPLE COMPUTATION:
Trial 1
Net Force:
Net force = 𝑚2 𝑔
0.2kg*9.8 m/s2 = 1.96N
Acceleration (Accepted Value):
𝑚2 𝑔
𝑎 =
𝑚1 + 𝑚2
1.96 N
a=
1.5𝑘𝑔+0.2𝑘𝑔
a = 1.15 𝑚/𝑠 2
Acceleration (experimental Value):
2𝑠
𝑎 =
𝑡2
2(1)
𝑎 =
(1.322)2
𝑎 = 1.14 𝑚/𝑠 2
Percentage Error:
|𝐴−𝐸|
% error = ∗ 100%
𝐴
|1.15−1.14|
% error = ∗ 100%
1.15
% error = 0.87%
2. GRAPH: Draw the acceleration (experimental value) vs. mass.
3. ANALYSIS: Write a one paragraph analysis of your data in Table 2.
Newton’s second law of motion states that the acceleration of an object is directly related to net force
but indirectly related to its mass. Having a constant mass of a hover puck (m=1.5 kg) from trial 1 to trial 5,
the acceleration and net force of the object are directly proportional to each other; as the object’s hanging mass
increases, the net force and acceleration also increase. On the other hand, the hanging mass, net force, and
acceleration are inversely proportional to travel time; as the hanging mass, net force, and acceleration decrease,
the time of travel increases. With an increasing data of hanging mass from 0.2 kg to 1 kg, the net forces
increased with a range of 1.96 N to 9.8 N. On the other hand, the values of actual data and experimental data
have minimal difference of 0.01m/s to 0.07 m/s. The results showed that the acceleration of an object is
dependent on its net force and mass.
4. CONCLUSION: Draw a conclusion from your results.
In verifying if the acceleration and net force are directly proportional, five (5) trials have been
experimented with a constant mass of 1.5 kg. Correlating the five (5) trials, the result showed that when the
hanging mass, the acceleration also increases. The data proved the Newton’s second law of motion stating that
acceleration is directly proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of an object.
Additionally, the computation of actual and experimental values has minimal percentage of error.
PART B. Table 2. Changing Mass, Constant Net Force
hanging mass, 𝑚2 = 0.8 kg Net Force, 𝑚2 𝑔= 7.84 N
distance traveled, 𝑠= 1.00 m
acceleration time of acceleration
mass of hover puck (accepted value), 𝑎 travel, 𝑡 (experimental value),𝑎 % ERROR
TRIAL 𝑚1 (Equation 5) (Equation 6)
1 0.4 kg 6.53 m/s2 0.554 s 6.52 m/s2 0.15%
2 0.8 kg 4.9 m/s2 0.634 s 4.98 m/s2 1.64%
3 1 kg 4.36 m/s2 0.678 s 4.35 m/s2 0.23%
4 1.5 kg 3.41 m/s2 0.759 s 3. 47 m/s2 1.76%
5 2 kg 2.8 m/s2 0.845 s 2.80 m/s2 0%
1. SAMPLE COMPUTATIONS: Trial 1 only.
Trial 1
Net Force:
Net force = 𝑚2 𝑔
0.8 kg*9.8 m/s2 = 7.84N
Acceleration (Accepted Value):
𝑚2 𝑔
𝑎 =
𝑚1 + 𝑚2
7.84 N
a=
0.4𝑘𝑔+0.8𝑘𝑔
a = 6.53 𝑚/𝑠 2
Acceleration (experimental Value):
2𝑠
𝑎 =
𝑡2
2(1 𝑚)
𝑎 =
(0.554 𝑠)2
𝑎 = 6.52 𝑚/𝑠 2
Percentage Error:
|𝐴−𝐸|
% error = ∗ 100%
𝐴
|6.53 −6.35|
% error = ∗ 100%
6.53
% error = 0.15%
2. GRAPH: Draw the acceleration (experimental value) vs. mass
Acceleration
Net Force
3. ANALYSIS: Write a one paragraph analysis of your data in Table 2.
Having an increasing change in mass and a constant net force of 7.84 N, the mass of a hover puck is
inversely related to the hover puck’s acceleration and directly proportional to its elapsed time. In the
experiment, trial 1 had a mass of 0.4 kg, an acceleration of 6.53 m/s2, and a time of 0.554 seconds whilst trial
4 had a mass, acceleration, and time of 2 kg, 2.8 m/s2, and 0.845 s, respectively. It indicated that a heavier
object has lesser acceleration and greater time compared to a light-weighing object.
4. CONCLUSION: Draw a conclusion from your results.
The data of the experiment proved that the acceleration of an object is dependent on its mass in which it
has a constant net force. As the mass increases, the acceleration decreases whereas the time increases. Moreover,
an object with a greater mass requires more net force to have the same acceleration with a lightweight object. The
data showed minimal percentage error of 0% to 1.76% that indicated precise accuracy of the experiment
