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Name: _________________________________ Class: __________ ( )

Supplementary Note: Ticker-tape Timer

Ticker-tape timer explained


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§ A ticker-timer consists of an electrical vibrator which vibrates 50 times per second.


§ This enables it to make 50 dots per second on a ticker-tape being pulled through it.
§ The time interval between two adjacent dots on the ticker-tape is called one tick.
§ One tick is equal to 1/50 s or 0.02 s.
Ticker-tape timer in action
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Uniform Velocity

§ The distance of the dots is equally distributed.


§ All lengths of tape in the chart are of equal length.
§ The object is moving at a uniform velocity

Uniform Acceleration

§ The distance between the dots increases uniformly.


§ The length of the strips of tape in the chart increase uniformly.
§ The velocity of the object is increasing uniformly, i.e. the object
is moving at a constant acceleration.

Uniform Deceleration

§ The distance between the dots decreases uniformly.


§ The length of the strips of tape in the chart decreases uniformly.
§ The velocity of the object is decreasing uniformly, i.e. the object is decelerating uniformly.
Name: _________________________________ Class: __________ ( )

Finding Velocity
Velocity of a motion can be determined by using ticker tape through the following equation:

Caution:
t is time taken from the first dot to the last dot of the distance measured.

[Example 1]

The diagram above shows a strip of ticker tape that was pulled through a ticker
tape timer that vibrated at 50 times a second. What is the

(a) time taken from the first dot to the last dot?
(b) average velocity of the object that is represented by the ticker tape?

Solution
! !
(a) 1 tick, 𝑡 = "
= $%
𝑠 = 0.02 s

Time taken, t = 15 × 0.02s = 0.3 s

!$ &'
(b) 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑣 = %.) *

= 50 cm s-1

Finding Acceleration
Acceleration of a motion can be determined by using ticker tape through the
following equation:

Caution:
t is time taken from the initial velocity to the final velocity.

[Example 2]
The ticker-tape in figure on the right was produced by a
toy car moving down a tilted runway. If the ticker-tape
timer produced 50 dots per second, find the acceleration
of the toy car.

Solution
Number of ticks, n = 6
) &'
Initial Velocity, u = %.%+ * = 150 cm s-1
%.$ &'
Final Velocity, v = = 25 cm s-1
%.%+ *
,-. [Revise at home]
Acceleration, 𝑎 = (0-!)2 Explanation on finding Acceleration
using ticker-tape timer
+$-!$%
𝑎= (3-!)(%.%+)
= - 1250 cm s-2 https://goo.gl/89kk4X

Reference: http://www.slideshare.net/Rishwin13/chapter-21-ticker-timer-notes?from_action=save

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