NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION

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OBJECTIVES MATERIAL NEEDED

 The Physics Aviary: Newton's Law Lab with Photogates:
 To examine the factors affecting
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the acceleration of a system by
 Microsoft Excel
measuring acceleration with two
photogates.

Part I. Newton's Law Lab with Photogates (Varying hover puck mass)

Length of card (m) 0.216 Hanging Mass, m2 (kg) 0.20

Hover Experimental Accepted
Average Average
puck Midtime 1 Midtime 2 Value of Value of
velocity 1 velocity 2 % Error
mass, m1 (s) (s) Acceleration Acceleration
(m/s) (m/s)
(kg) (m/s2) (m/s2)
0.10 6.5614 6.7693 1.8 3.008 5.810 6.533 11.067

0.20 1.5751 1.8152 1.586 2.7 4.640 4.9 5.306

0.30 2.1512 2.4172 1.385 2.455 4.023 3.92 2.628

0.40 1.7762 2.0680 1.286 2.25 3.304 3.267 1.133

0.50 1.0261 1.3420 1.173 2.077 2.862 2.8 2.214

Figure of last trial Graph

Give description/explanation of the data: (Final Report)

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Part II. Newton's Law Lab with Photogates (Varying hanging mass)

Length of card (m) 0.216 Hover puck mass, m1 (kg) 0.20

Midtime 1 Midtime 2 Experimental Accepted
Hanging Average Average
(s) (s) Value of Value of
Mass, velocity 1 velocity 2 % Error
Acceleration Acceleration
m2 (kg) (m/s) (m/s)
(m/s2) (m/s2)
0.10 1.3842 1.6762 1.286 2.25 3.301 3.267 1.041

0.20 1.6131 1.8531 1.586 2.693 4.613 4.9 5.857

0.30 1.3630 1.583 1.688 3 5.964 5.88 1.429

0.40 1.1900 1.4000 1.8 3.176 6.552 6.533 0.291

0.50 0.8391 1.0371 1.865 3.364 7.571 7 8.157

Figure of last trial Graph

Give description/explanation of the data: (Final Report)

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