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Motion I
Objectives

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1. To describe one type of motion of an object by means of distance traveled d and the time elapsed t. 2. To state a relationship between distance traveled and time elapsed for a certain motion 3. To calculate speed a) by using an equation b) based on the slope of distance vs. time graph Equipment/Materials 1 motorized cart 2 - stand bases 2 rails, (rods undersized on ends) 1 electronic digital stopwatch 1 - meter tape 1 leveling pad 1 chalk Set-up Set-up

stopwatch

Figure 1

Instructions The idea of this experiment is to measure how much time the cart takes to travel different distances. 1. Prepare your set-up as shown in Figure 1 above. Using a piece of chalk put a mark on the rod below the front end of the cart. Label this as start then mark the following intervals 20 cm., 30 cm, 40 cm, 50 cm, 60 cm, 70 cm, 80 cm. (See Figure 1 again). 2. Start the motor then release the cart. Let a member of the group measure the time it takes the cart to reach the 20 cm mark, using the stopwatch. Pull the cart back and repeat the procedure two more times. 3. Do procedure no. 2 for the 30 cm, 40 cm, 50 cm, 60 cm, 70 cm and 80 cm distances. 4. Record all measurements in appropriate columns in Table 1.

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Measurements
Distance d (cm) Time t (s)
trial 1 trial 2 trial 3

Average time t (s)

d/t (cm/s)

0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

d (cm)

t (s)
Figure 2

Data Analysis 1. To find out the relationship between distance (d)) and time (t) there are two ways. a.) to analyze the data in the Table. b.) to plot the graph of d vs. t and analyze it. 2. Advise for analyzing the data in the Table. a.) Study the values of distance and the values of time in Table 1. What happen to the time as the distance doubles? As the distance triples? b.) Calculate the ratio between distance (d) and time (t). What can you say about their ratios? 3. For analyzing the graph. a.) Using Figure 2 above, plot the values obtained for distance (d) against the values for time (t). Plot the distance values on the y-axis and the time values on the x-axis. b.) Describe the resulting graph.

Exercises/Problems 1. Michelle walks 100 meters in 2 minutes. Tita walks 50 meters in 75 seconds. Compare the speed of Michelle and Tita. 2. A jeepney traveling along the city route moves with uniform speed at 30 km/hr. How far can it go in 12 minutes? 3. Do you travel with uniform motion as you walk home from school? Describe your motion.

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