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Lab Report
Introduction
Free falling objects are objects that fall under the influence of gravity
alone without any external force or restraints, for instance, air resistance. All
free falling objects have the same acceleration which is 9.8 m/s2 regardless of
their mass. As for the calculation of the distance, we use the formula d = 12
g t2 to determine the total distance the objects has travelled. In free falling
Materials/Set up
4. Worksheet
Procedures
1. Assign roles for each member:
a. 3 timers on 4th floor (with extra task each)
i. Timer A: Drop balls
ii. Timer B: Take note
iii. TImber C: Measure with a measuring tape
b. 1 ball collector on ground floor
2. Timers go to 4th floor with
a. 6 balls (3 futsal + 3 volley balls)
b. Measuring tape
c. 3 stopwatches (phones)
d. Worksheet
e. Pen/pencil
3. Timer C use measuring tape to measure the height from the balcony to the
ground with assistance from ball collector on the ground floor
4. Timer B note down the measured height
5. All timers get ready to record the data
6. Timer A drop the ball and at the same time, give a signal to start time
recording until the ball hit the ground. (All timers measure the time
separately)
7. Timer B write down all timers measurement in the worksheet
8. Repeat for trail #2 and #3. Then move on to the next object (3 more trials)
9. Ball collector bring all the balls back to the lab
A. Height of 4th
Floor Balcony using heavy object
Measured height = ____14.71____ meters
Show your calculation for distance and % difference
Distance % Difference
Trial 1 Trial 1
2(Distance measured Distance experiment)
Distance = 1
2 acceleration time time Distance = Distance measured + Distance experiment 100
2(14.7125.54)
= 21 10m/s2 2.26s x 2.26s 14.71+25.54 100
= 25.54m/s2 21.66
40.25 100
53.81%
Trial 2 Trial 2
Distance = 1
2 acceleration time time Distance =
2(Distance measured Distance experiment)
100
Distance measured + Distance experiment
=
1
2 10m/s2 2.05s x 2.05s 2(14.7121.01)
100
14.71+21.01
= 21.01m/s2 12.6
100
35.72
35.27%
Trial 3 Trial 3
Distance = 1
2 acceleration time time Distance =
2(Distance measured Distance experiment)
100
Distance measured + Distance experiment
= 20.2m/s2 10.98
100
34.91
31.45%
Show your calculation for distance and %difference
Distance %difference
Trial 1 Trial 1
2(Distance measured Distance experiment)
Distance = 1
2 acceleration time time Distance = Distance measured + Distance experiment 100
2(14.7124.64)
= 21 10m/s2 2.22s x 2.22s 14.71+24.64 100
= 24.64m/s2 19.86
39.35 100
50.47%
Trial 2 Trial 2
Distance = 1
2 acceleration time time Distance =
2(Distance measured Distance experiment)
100
Distance measured + Distance experiment
= 19.21m/s2 9
100
33.92
26.53%
Trial 3 Trial 3
Distance = 1
2 acceleration time time Distance =
2(Distance measured Distance experiment)
100
Distance measured + Distance experiment
= 25.76m/s2 22.1
100
40.47
54.61%
Midway: Midway:
v = gt v = gt
v = 10 1.055 v = 10 1.075
Hit The Ground: Hit The Ground:
v = gt v = gt
v = 10 2.11 v = 10 2.15
Analysis of result
According to the recorded data, the time it took for the three heavy balls to
reach the ground are 2.26, 2.05, and 2.01, respectively. With the datas mentioned
before, we can now calculate the distance the balls took to reach the ground, the
distances are 25.54, 21.01 and 20.20. The difference of the distance between the
measured height and the experimental height of the heavy balls is 40.18%.
The time it took for the three light balls to reach the ground are 2.22, 1.96,
and 2.27, respectively. With the datas mentioned before, we can now calculate the
distance the balls took to reach the ground, the distances are 24.64, 19.21 and
25.76. The difference of the distance between the measured height and the
experimental height is 43.87%.
To conclude, the difference of the distance between the measured height and
the experimental height of both types of balls are drastically different. We suspect
it might be because of air resistance and human error as well. Seeing as the timers
might not record the stopwatch at the same time as the others.
Conclusion
might be due to the interference of air resistance and human errors as well.
Work log
31/8/2017 Mint, Jew, Pair, Ing Researched information and started typing the
introduction, objectives, and materials
2/9/2017 Mint, Jew, Pair, Ing Continued calculating data (Time average, distance,
and % difference for light objects)
4/9/2017 Pair, Ing, Mint, Jew Continued calculating data (Instantaneous velocity
from both objects) and typed in the calculation table
5/9/2017 Pair, Mint, Ing, Jew Started working on analysis of result and conclusion