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Activity No.: 3
NON – ACCELERATED RECTILINEAR MOTION

OBJECTIVES:

APPARATUS/MATERIALS: Stopwatch and tape measure

SET – UP:
THEORY OF DISCUSSION:

PROCEDURE:

1. Choose a convenient place to do the experiment outside the classroom. Mark your
starting as Xo.
2. Lay out on the ground from the starting point 4m, 8m, 12m, 16m and mark these
distances.
3. From the starting point, walk towards 4m, 8m, 12m, and 16m continuously with
normal paces. Record the time as you pass these distances on the table provided.
4. Compute the velocity and acceleration during the time intervals indicated. Place it
on the table provided. The time interval every 4 meter distances should almost be
equal.
5. Plot the graph of the position (X) as ordinate and time (t) as abscissa. Connect the
points. Plot also the graph of velocity (V) as ordinate and time (t) as abscissa.

DATA AND RESULTS:

Position, X (m) Time, t (sec)

Xo = 0 t0 = 0
X1 = t1 =
X2 = t2 =
X3 = t3 =
X4 = t4 =

Time Interval, (sec) Velocity, (m/s)

t1 – t0 =
t2 – t1 =
t3 – t2 =
t4 – t3 =

Time Interval, (sec) Acceleration, (m/s2)

t2 – t1 =
t3 – t2 =
t4 – t3 =
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O
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(X)
,m

TIME (t), sec

V
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Y
(V)
,m/
s

TIME (t), sec

SAMPLE COMPUTATION:
INTERPRETATION:

CONCLUSION:
QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS:

1. Define the following:

a. Motion =

b. Displacement =

c. Distance =

d. Rectilinear Motion =

e. Average Velocity =

f. Instantaneous Velocity =

2. When will the average velocity be equal to instantaneous velocity?

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