Sample Data

Please only use this data if you did not collect your own or it was very faulty.

Part I
Determining the Spring Constant
x 0.001
(m)
0.010
0.015
0.020
0.025
0.030

F 0.3 (N)
5.7
9.4
12.1
14.9
17.0

Finding the acceleration of the cart down the track

Mcart = 0.496 0.001 kg
Finding the angle of the track. l refers to the length of the track and h is the difference in
height over this length.
h = 0.060 0.001 m
l = 1.100 0.001 m
Experimentally measured from the graph:

aactual =0.49 0.09

m
s

Conservation of Energy Data

Part II Conservation of Energy

Data from the graphs
Value
Initial Compression of Spring
Spring compression during
collision
Velocity as cart leaves spring
Velocity just before collision
Max distance travelled
Position at random point
Velocity at random point

Symbol
xi
xf

Result
0.033 0.001 m
0.018 0.001 m

vi
vf
dmax
dr
vr

0.75 0.05 ms-1

0.69 0.05 ms-1
0.661 0.005 m
0.198 0.005 m
0.69 0.05 ms-1