Tabl

e1

Thedocument ati
onshowst heequi l
ibrantofonef orce, wi t
ht hepr
opercompl ianceoft he
fol
lowingpr ocedur es:asingl estri
ngwasat tachedt ot hesetofcoi nsweighing24gr amsand
waspl acedat80degr eesi nthei mprov i
sedf orcetabl el abeledasF1.Thegr oupusedapeso
cointhathasast andar dmassof0. 006kgor6. 0g(Sour ce:BangkoSent r
alngPi li
pinas).Since
weneededat otal of24gf ortheF1, weusedandat tached4- pesocoinsinit
.Todet erminethe
equili
brantofF1, thepr ocedur eswer ef oll
owedwher einanot herst
r i
ngwasat tachedt oanot her
setofcoi nswhi l
emai ntai
ni ngPointOatt hecent er.Then, weassumedt hatt hemassoft he
coinsthatar eattachedi nt hesecondst ri
ngequal tot hemassofF1, i
naccordancewi ththe
defini
ti
onofequi librant.Weat tachedthesetofcoi nswi ththesamemasast heF1andpl acedit
i
nt heimpr ovisedf or cetableandwesl ightlyandqui cklypul ledPoint0upwar dsthendr oppedi t
.
Throughobser vation, wet akenot eifitstay satthecent erbef oret
akingthemeasur ement s.
Afterexecutingt hesepr ocedur es,wear r
ivedwi t
ht her esultofmeasur ementswhi chcanbe
seenint hephot o.

Table2showst heequi l
ibr antoftwof orces.Fol lowingthegi venpr ocedur es:asinglestringwas
attachedt ot hesetofcoi nswi t
hthet otalwei ghtof24gr amswi tht he80degr eesangl eand
l
abel edasF1.Thenanot hersetofcoi nswi tht hesamewei ghtwasat tachedt ootherstri
ngs,
placedat200degr eesandl abeledasF2.Tof i
ndf ortheequi l
ibr
antoff or ceofF1andF2, the
groupagai nat tachedanot hersetofcoi nst oot hersetofst ri
ngs,whi lemai ntaini
ngPoi ntOat
thecent er
.Wet hendi dat ri
alanderrorf orthemassofat tachedst rings.I nconduct ingthef i
rst
tri
al,weat tachedt hree-pesocoi ns(8gi ntotal)int hethir
dst ri
ng.Then, weagai nslightl
yand
quicklypulledPoi ntOupwar dandreleasedi tafterwards.Weobser v edt hatbyat tachingt he
thir
dst ri
ngt hatcontai n18g, t
hecent erdidnotst ayatPoi ntOwhi chconnot esaner ror
.The
groupt henadj ustedt heangl eandpl acedi tat320degr eesi nQuadr antI Vandaddedanot her
coint omakei t24gint ot al,whichhast hesamewei ghtwithF1andF2.Wer epeatedt hesame
processbypul li
ngandr el easingthepoi ntOandf i
nall
yobser v
edt hatt hepoi nt0st ay satt he
sameposi tion.Thedat ai nt hissecondt r
ialwasmadeast heexper iment almeasur ement sas
showni nt het able.

Table3showst hecomponent sofafor ce,thegr oupcompl iedwi t

hthefol
lowingi
nstructi
ons
wher ei
ntheyat tachedthecoinswi that otalof24gt oastri
ngandpl acedi
tat194degr ee.This
thenwasl abeledasF1.Wedi dat r
ialander rort of i
ndthexandycomponent sofF1.Thef ir
st
tri
alstart
edbyusi ngonlyonecoi n(6g),wepul ledandr el
easedPoi ntOandobservedt hat
stri
ngswasmov edto90degr ees.Wepr oceededt otaketri
altwowher ei
nweut i
li
zedfour
coins(24g)andr epeatedthepr ocess,thest ringst aysat0degr ee.Weconductedthelasttr
ial
whichwest il
lusedf ourcoi
ns( 24g)andar ri
v edwi ththeresultof194degrees,whi
chist he
expectedv alue.Wecanconcl udethatourf inal tr
ialsucceeded.Usingthedatagather
ed, we
proceededt ocal cul
atethemeasur ement soft hexandycomponent .Thetabl
eabov ethen
showst her esultsofourcalculati
ons.

Di
scussi
on
 1.Byusinggraphi
calmet hod,wef oundthemagnitudeandthedirect
ionoft heF1
equil
i
brant
.Weconnect edthetipsofthest
ri
ngsandaddedt hem together.Asshowni n
thecomputati
onabov e,F1equilibr
antwasobtainbygetti
ngthesum oft hedegrees.We
usedparal
lel
ogram met hodandspeci f
icgr
aphicalmethodingetti
ngther esul
t.We
obtai
ned0%bot hintheper centerr
orofthemagni t
udeanddirecti
onoftheFequi li
bri
um.

2.Byusingthecomponentmethodtofi
ndthesamev ect
orsoft heequil
ibrant,
we
expr
esseditfi
rsti
ntoi
tscomponentvect
ors.Usi
ngcart
esiancoordinates,wediv
ided
thevectori
nit
sxandycoordinat
easshowni nthesol
uti
onabov e.Weobt ai
nedthe
magnitudeanddir
ecti
onofFequil
ibr
ant,
0.24Nand320degr eesrespectivel
y.

3.I
twasshownabov et
hatt
heobt
ainedval
uesint
heexper
imentandt
heor
eti
cal
val
uesoft
he
magni
tudeanddi
rect
ionoft
heFequi
li
bri
um agr
eedtoeachother
.

4.Aner rorisexpectedt ohappenwhendoi ngmeasur ements.Oner easont hatcanexpl ainthe

dev i
ati
onbet weent hedat aofforcesgat her edandt hetheoreti
cal val
uei sthatweconduct eda
tri
al-
and-errorbasis.Wecannotcer tai
nl yar riv
etoananswersameast het heoreti
calvalueifwe
didnott r
ydi ff
erentmeasur ingmet hods, anexampl eiswhenwet ri
eddi fferentnumberofcoi ns
attachedt othestri
ng.Themat erial
sal sopl ayedamaj orrol
ei ntheer rors.Theut il
i
zati
onof
coinsaf f
ectedt hegat hereddatat hatar eusedi nmeasur ement s.Theassessmentof
measur ementi salsoaf actor,t
hecal culat ormayhav egivenananswerandhowweassessedi t
andi nputthemeasur ementmat ters.Itcanpossi blyappearthatthet heor eticalv
alueisnot
rounded, butwer oundof ftheanswer s.I nt able4,wecanseet hatt heexper imentalvalueinx
componenti s0.23544butt hent hetheor et i
cal v
alueis0.24.Thisexpl ainst hedev i
ati
oni nthe
measur ement .Wecanal sonoticethatt hesamescenar iohappenedi ntheexper i
mental and
theoreti
cal val
ueoft heycomponent ,
whi chi s0.05886and0. 06r espectively.Theplacementof
decimal valuesdev i
atest hedatameasur edbet weenthef or
cesgat heredandt hetheoreti
cal
value.

5.Oneadv antageofgr aphi

calmethodi sthati
tdoesnotneedacompl i
catedprocessin
calcul
ati
onofmeasur ements.I
nfact,itdoesnotinvol
vel ongcomputationbecausey ouwi l
ljust
needt oscaleandaddt heconnectedtailsandti
psofthev ector
s.Onthecont r
ary,thi
swillbe
thedisadvantageofcomponentmet hod.Incomponentmet hod,youneedt ocalcul
ate
tri
gonomet r
icident
it
iesoftheangulardirecti
onofthev ector.Theadvantageofitisthati
tcan
beusei ndiff
erentnumberofv ect
ors.Itcanalsobeal esst i
meconsumi ngbecauseal lvectors
canbeaddedatonet i
me.

6.Iti
simportantt
oqui ckl
ypullpointOupwardsthendroppingi
taft
erwardstoconduct
observat
ionandtri
als.Thisservesasthebasisi
ntakingthemeasurements.Thi
sisdonet
o
taketr
ial
swhi chr
esultsingivi
ngdat at
hatareneededforthecal
cul
ati
on.