LABORATORY
LABORATORY
LABORATORY #1
HORIZONTAL MOTION
d = D/2 = ___M
EXPERIMENTAL
TRIAL tev (s) T(s) D(m) Vo(m/s) a(m/s2) THEORITICAL % Diff.
ttv(s)
1
2
3
4
5
6
TIME OF TRAVEL
HEIGHT OF TRIAL 1 TRIAL 2 TRIAL 3 AVG. TIME (S)
TRACK (CM)
10 1.65 1.57 1.66 1.62
8 1.75 1.78 1.78 1.76
6 2.06 2.22 2.16 2.146
4 2.54 2.72 2.84 2.7
2 4.85 4.62 3.79 4.42
ACCELERATION VERSUS SIN 𝜽
SLOPE: 9.8
PART C. FREE FALL
GRAPH: Y VS. T
GRAPH: Y VS. T2
II. COMPUTATIONS:
FIRST, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE TRAVEL TIME PER HEIGHT INCREMENT. THE LENGTH OF
THE TRACK IS MEASURED AT 120CM. IN 2 CM OF HEIGHT, WE GET THE AVERAGE TIME
AS 1.62 SECONDS. FOR 4CM HEIGHT IS 2.7 SECONDS. 6CM IS 2.146 SECONDS. 8CM IS
1.76 SECONDS. AND FOR 10 CM, IT IS 1.62 SECONDS. THIS IS THE TIME IT TAKES TO
TRAVEL A GIVEN HEIGHT INCREMENT. IT WILL DEPEND ON THE SPEED AT WHICH THE
OBJECT IS MOVING AND THE SIZE OF THE INCREMENT. NOW LET’S PROCEED INTO
ACCELERATION VERSUS TIME. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE ACCELERATION DOWN AN
INCLINE IS EQUAL TO G SINΘ BECAUSE THE FORCE ACCELERATING IT DOWN THE
INCLINE PLANE IS THE COMPONENT OF THE WEIGHT PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF
THE INCLINE PLANE. AND TO GET THE VALUE OF SINΘ, LET'S FIRST COMPUTE THE
HEIGHT OVER THE DISTANCE AND MULTIPLY IT BY 100 SINCE OUR VALUE OF THE
HEIGHT IS STILL CM. AS WE GET THE RESULTS, WE’VE NOTICED THAT THE VALUE OF
OUR SINΘ ALONG THE Y AXIS IS GETTING SMALLER. THAT MEANS THIS MEANS THAT
THE INCLINE SURFACE IS BECOMING LESS STEEP AS YOU MOVE UP IT. THE ANGLE OF
THE SURFACE IS DECREASING, AND WE EXPECT THAT THE ACCELERATION IS ALSO
DECELERATING.
((FREE FALL) ONE EXAMPLE OF A FREE-FALL EXPERIMENT IS THE PHOTOGATE
EXPERIMENT. IN THIS EXPERIMENT, AN OBJECT IS DROPPED THROUGH A
PHOTOGATE, WHICH IS A DEVICE THAT MEASURES THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE
OBJECT TO PASS THROUGH IT. BY MEASURING THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE OBJECT
TO PASS THROUGH THE PHOTOGATE, THE VELOCITY OF THE OBJECT CAN BE
DETERMINED. AS A BALL DROPS FREELY TOWARDS THE SURFACE, ITS VELOCITY
INCREASES AND ITS DISTANCE FROM THE STARTING POINT INCREASES. THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTANCE AND TIME FOR AN OBJECT IN FREE FALL IS GIVEN
BY THE EQUATION Y(T) = (1/2) X ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY X TIME2, WHERE
ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY IS 9.8 M/S2. THEREFORE, THE DISTANCE TRAVELED
BY AN OBJECT IN FREE FALL IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE SQUARE OF THE
TIME ELAPSED. TO FORMULATE THE ACCELERATION, WE MUST GATHER THE DATA OF
THE AVERAGE TIME, AND TO GET THE ACCELERATION, WE NEED TO USE THE
EQUATION Y(T) = (1/2) X 9.81 M/S^2 X T^2 TO GET THE EXPERIMENTAL VALUE OF THE
ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY.
IV. CONCLUSION:
V. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS:
1. HOW DID THE ANGLE OF INCLINATION OF THE LINEAR TRACK AFFECTS THE CART’S
ACCELERATION?
2. IF THE MASS OF THE CART IS INCREASED, HOW ARE THE RESULTS AFFECTED?
- THE CART TAKES LONGER TO REACH THE BARRIER WHEN ITS HEAVIER. ITS
ACCELERATION HAS DROPPED ALONG WITH ITS VELOCITY.
1. COMPARE YOUR DATA POINTS WITH THE THEORITICAL PLOT IN THE GRAPH OF Y
VS T. HOW WELL DOES YOUR DATA MATCH THE THEORY?
2. FROM YOUR DATA TABLE, WHAT WAS THE RANGE OF VALUES FOR G THAT WAS
OBTAINED? DOES THE ACTUAL VALUE OF G FALL WITHIN THIS RANGE? DOES IT FALL
WITHIN ONE STANDARD DEVIATION OF YOUR MEAN VALUE?
- THE ACTUAL VALUE OF G DOESN’T FALL WITHIN THE RANGE DUE TO SOME FACTORS
SUCH AS THE AIR RESISTANCE THAT COULD AFFECT TO THE ACCELERATION. ALSO, IT
DOESN’T FALL WITHIN ONE OF STANDARD DEVIATION IN THE MEAN VALUE.
5. SUPPOSED YOU HOLD AN OBJECT MOTIONLESS ABOUT 4FT. ABOVE THE GROUND
AND THEN LET IT FALL TO THE GROUND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE. ABOUT HOW LONG
DOES IT TAKES TO HIT THE GROUND? (USE YOUR EQUATIONS AND COMPARE IT TO
THE VALUE FOUND FROM YOUR Y VS. T GRAPH).