Phys111 Report

Experiment #7: Measurement of g at BZU

Name: Mohammad Shtayeh ID #: 1231028

Partner: - ID #: -
Section: 27
Date: 20-01-24

(1) Abstract:
o Aim of the experiment:
The aim is to find the acceleration of gravity at BZU. (with a simulator in our case)

o The main result is:

 The acceleration due to gravity at BZU is 𝒈 = 𝟏𝟎. 𝟔 ± 𝟎. 𝟑 m/s2

(2) Data:

𝑺 (𝒄𝒎) 𝑳 (𝒄𝒎) 𝒕𝟏 (sec) 𝒕𝟐 (sec) 𝒕𝟑 (sec) 𝒕𝒂𝒗𝒈 𝑻 (𝒔𝒆𝒄) 𝑻𝟐 (𝒔𝒆𝒄𝟐 )

(sec)
1 33.5 40 12.39 12.41 12.36 12.38 1.238 1.5326

𝟐 43.5 50 13.69 13.67 13.69 13.68 1.368 1.8714

𝟑 53.5 60 15.01 15.08 15.03 15.40 1.540 2.3716

𝟒 63.5 70 16.32 16.28 16.35 16.32 1.632 2.6634

5 73.5 80 17.31 17.34 17.38 17.34 1.734 3.0068

6 83.5 90 18.45 18.49 18.41 18.45 1.845 3.4040

𝐝 𝟏𝟑
𝐫= = = 6.5cm
𝟐 𝟐

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 (3) Calculations:

Use linear least square as implemented in Excel to calculate the slope & uncertainty of
the line representing T2 vs. L.

𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆 = 𝒎 = 𝟑. 𝟕𝟑 ± 𝟎. 𝟏𝟏𝟕𝟗 s2/m

𝟒𝝅𝟐 𝟒𝝅𝟐
𝒈= = = 10.584 m/s2
𝒎 𝟑.𝟕𝟑
𝚫𝐦 𝟎.𝟏𝟏𝟕𝟗
𝚫𝒈 = 𝒈 ∗ = 𝟏𝟎. 𝟓𝟖𝟒 ∗ 𝟑.𝟕𝟒𝟕𝟕𝟏 = 0.3345 m/s2
𝒎

𝒃 = 0.05047 s2
𝚫𝒃 = 0.07924 s2

(4) Results:

 The acceleration due to gravity at BZU is 𝒈 = 𝟏𝟎. 𝟔 ± 𝟎. 𝟑 m/s2

(5) Conclusions:

I reach to the conclusion that the result I got is not accepted according to the discrepancy
test - gtrue = 9.8 m/s2 - {[|glab-gtrue|] ≤ 2 𝚫𝒈 and after plugging in the values [|10.6-9.8|] ≤
2(𝟎. 𝟑) then 0.8 ≤ 0.6} and that is due to the high percentage of error in starting the
stopwatch and stopping it when the ball completes 10 rounds.
Q1: It’s not, unfortunately, due to the random error of measuring the time.
Q2: It is the best line that could be drawn in which it passes all points.
𝟒𝝅𝟐
Q3: It doesn’t depend on the mass because it’s absent in the equation of 𝑻𝟐 = 𝑳
𝒈
Q4: If we draw a vertical line to a point (z) on the circumference (O) and then draw a line
from the center to the free end of that vertical line(H), then we draw the radius from that
point to the center (R) and assume that the angle between (H) and (R) is (x) then sin(x) =
O/H. We can see that (R) approximately equals (H) and that S ≈ O and since S = R.x then
R=S/H and that sin(x) ≈ S/H ≈ x.

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Q5: In our case since we are working with a simulator which simulate a system with no air,
it doesn’t affect. But if we were to do it at BZU, the air would’ve changed the kinetic energy
of the ball while it’s swinging and ruined the experiment and lengthen the time it takes to
do 10 rounds.