LABORATORY ACTIVITY NO.

UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION

Submitted to:
Prof. Francis Santos Dela Cruz

Submitted by:

Group 5

Filomeno Christian Lorenze

Baldio Ashley

Borela John Rogel

Gualdada Aldrin

Jadulco Mark Joshua

Sarmiento Kirsten Nicole

Tingcang, Richard Lindion

 Summary:
In the case of uniform acceleration, the instantaneous velocity increases as the
distance covered becomes greater. The constant of proportionality between the square
of the velocity and the distance covered can be used to calculate the acceleration. This
will be investigated in an experiment involving a carriage rolling along a track. In order
to measure the instantaneous velocity, a device called ticker-tape timer will record an
object’s movement by taking a spot on a paper tape at regular time intervals.
DATA:
Table 1: First Trial
Total time Distance Average Speed
Total Time
(dots) traveled during each time
distance interval (5 Acceleration
during each interval (cm/dot)
(cm) dots) (cm/dot2)
time Interval
(cm)
3.1 5 3.1 0.62
5
0.036
7.1 5 4 0.8
10
-0.004
11.0 5 3.9 0.78
15
0.004
15.0 5 4 0.8
20
-0.004
18.9 5 3.9 0.78
25
0.004
22.9 5 4 0.8
30
-0.028
26.2 5 3.3 0.66
35
0.04
30.5 5 4.3 0.86
40
-0.02
34.3 5 3.8 0.76
45
-0.004
38.0 5 3.7 0.74
50
0
41.7 5 3.7 0.74
55

Average acceleration =0.0024cm/dot2

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 Table 2: Second Trial

Average Speed during

Total time Distance
Total distance each time
traveled during each time
Time interval
(cm) interval (cm/dot) Acceleration
(5 dots) Interval (cm)
2
(cm/dot )
2.1 5 2.1 0.42
5 0
4.2 5 2.1 0.42
10 0
6.3 5 2.1 0.42
15 0
8.4 5 2.1 0.42
20 0
10.5 5 2.1 0.42
25 0
12.6 5 2.1 0.42
30 0
14.7 5 2.1 0.42
35 -0.032
16.0 5 1.3 0.26
40 0.064
18.9 5 2.9 0.58
45 -0.032
21.0 5 2.1 0.42
50 0
23.1 5 2.1 0.42
55

Average acceleration =-6.93889 E-19 cm/dot2

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SOLUTIONS:

TRIAL 1: AVERAGE SPEED

3.1𝑐𝑚 3.3𝑐𝑚
1. 5 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 7. 35 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.62 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.66 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
4𝑐𝑚 4.3𝑐𝑚
2. 10 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 8. 40 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.8 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.86 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
3.9𝑐𝑚 3.8𝑐𝑚
3. 15 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 9. 45 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.78 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.76 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
4𝑐𝑚 3.7𝑐𝑚
4. 20 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 10. 50 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.8 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.74 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
3.9𝑐𝑚 3.7𝑐𝑚
5. 25 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 11. 55 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.78 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.74 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
4𝑐𝑚
6. 30 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.8 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠

TRIAL 1 ACCELERATION:
0.8−0.62𝑐𝑚
1. 10 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
= 0.036 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
0.66−0.8𝑐𝑚
6. 35 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
0.78−0.8𝑐𝑚 = −0.028 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
2. 15 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
0.86−0.66𝑐𝑚
= −0.004 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 7. 40 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 =
5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
0.8−0.78𝑐𝑚 𝑐𝑚
= 0.04 ⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
3. 20 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 =
5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 0.76−0.86𝑐𝑚
𝑐𝑚
= 0.004 ⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 8. 45 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
0.78−0.8𝑐𝑚 = −0.02 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
4. 25 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
0.74−0.76𝑐𝑚
= −0.004 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 9. 50 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
0.8−0.8𝑐𝑚 = −0.004 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
5. 30 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 2
5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 0.74−0.74𝑐𝑚
10. 55 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
= 0.004 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
= 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2

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 2.1𝑐𝑚
TRIAL 2: AVERAGE SPEED 6. 30 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
2.1𝑐𝑚
1. 5 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 7. 35 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
2.1𝑐𝑚
= 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
2.1𝑐𝑚
2. 10 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 8. 40 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
1.3𝑐𝑚
= 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
2.1𝑐𝑚
3. 15 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.26 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 9. 45 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
2.9𝑐𝑚
= 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
2.1𝑐𝑚
4. 20 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 = 0.58 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 10. 50 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
2.1𝑐𝑚
= 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
2.1𝑐𝑚
5. 25 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = = 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 11. 55 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝐴𝑣𝑒. 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
2.1𝑐𝑚
= 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠
= 0.42 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠

0.42−0.42𝑐𝑚
TRIAL 2: ACCELERATION 6. 35 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
0.42−0.42𝑐𝑚
1. 10 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = = 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
= 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 0.26−0.42𝑐𝑚
7. 40 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
0.42−0.42𝑐𝑚
2. 15 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2 = −0.032 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
= 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 0.58−0.26𝑐𝑚
8. 45𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
0.42−0.42𝑐𝑚
3. 20 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2 = 0.064 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
= 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 9. 50 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 =
0.42−0.58𝑐𝑚
0.42−0.42𝑐𝑚 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
4. 25 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2 = −0.032 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
= 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 0.42−0.42𝑐𝑚
10. 55 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠2
0.42−0.42𝑐𝑚
5. 30𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠: 𝑎 = 5𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2 = 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2
= 0 𝑐𝑚⁄𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 2

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APPLICATIONS:

1. What is the difference between speed and velocity?

The reason is simple. Speed is the time rate at which an object is moving
along a path, while velocity is the rate and direction of an object’s movement.
Put another way, speed is a scalar value, while velocity is a vector. The
mathematical calculation for speed is relatively straightforward, wherein the
average speed of an object is calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the
time it took the object to travel the distance. Velocity, on the other hand, is more
complicated mathematically and can be calculated in different ways, depending
on what information is available about the object’s motion. In its simplest form,
average velocity is calculated by dividing change in position (Δr) by change in
time (Δt). Lastly, speed ascertains how fast a body moves and velocity ascertains
the object’s speed and the direction it takes while moving.

2. What do you understand by an acceleration of +2m/s2? Of –2 m/s2?

It means that a body is in motion, and its velocity is measured in meters
per second. And, that velocity is increasing by two meters per second, every
second. Thus if after one second it is moving at 2 m/s, then after two seconds it
will be moving at 4 m/s, after three seconds at 6 m/s, and so on.

3. How could the experiment be modified to study the acceleration of a freely–

falling body?
At short distances - up to a few kilometers - gravity can be considered
constant, and therefore, a body in free fall (i.e., neglecting other forces, such as
air resistance) will be uniformly accelerated. Over longer distances, the force of
gravity is no longer the same; this will have to be considered for the
"modification" (for example, less force = less acceleration). Close to the Earth's
surface, in practice, air resistance has to be considered (but this is no longer
"free fall"). When a body is freely-falling, it only moves because of the action of
gravity. To study the acceleration of a freely-falling body, we need to modify this
experiment by just simply dropping the cart and record the time it takes to hit
the ground, after getting the time multiply it to the gravitational acceleration
which is 9.8m/s2.

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 TRIAL 1
DISTANCE VS TIME

The graph illustrates the distance travelled of the wooden cart during each interval on the
first trial. It shows that the distance covered of the wooden cart increases as the amount
of time increases. In comparison to the expected graph, the distance increases more as
the amount of time increases.

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 TRIAL 1
AVERAGE SPEED VS TIME

The graph illustrates the average speed of the wooden cart during each interval on the
first trial. It shows that the average speed of the wooden cart is constant as the amount of
time increases. In comparison to the expected graph, the average speed of the wooden
cart increases as the amount of time increases.
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 TRIAL 1
ACCELERATION VS TIME

The graph illustrates the acceleration of the wooden cart during each interval on the first
trial. It shows that the acceleration of the wooden cart is constant as the amount of time
increases. In comparison to the expected graph, is also the same which the acceleration of
the wooden cart is constant as the amount of time increases.
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 TRIAL 2
DISTANCE VS TIME

The graph illustrates the distance travelled of the wooden cart during each interval on the
second trial. It shows that the distance covered of the wooden cart increases as the
amount of time increases. In comparison to the expected graph, the distance increases
more as the amount of time increases.
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 TRIAL 2
AVERAGE SPEED VS TIME

The graph illustrates the average speed of the wooden cart during each interval on the
second trial. It shows that the average speed of the wooden cart is constant as the
amount of time increases. In comparison to the expected graph, the average speed of the
wooden cart increases as the amount of time increases.
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 TRIAL 2
ACCELERATION VS TIME

The graph illustrates the acceleration of the wooden cart during each interval on the first
trial. It shows that the acceleration of the wooden cart is constant as the amount of time
increases. In comparison to the expected graph, is also the same which the acceleration of
the wooden cart is constant as the amount of time increases.

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CONCLUSIONS:
To sum it all up, the group concluded that the two trials have different
average acceleration wherein the group came up with the average acceleration of
0.0024 cm/dot2 on the first trial and -6.93889 E-19 cm/dot2 on the second trial. This
shows that the higher the distance of an object the lower the acceleration will be.
Likewise, the gathering have noticed the movement of a body moving along in a
slanted plane, the significance of this investigation is to know whether an item will
move in a consistently sped up movement if there will be a power that will follow up
on it. By this, concluded that if there's a more prominent power following up on the
object, it will make a greater acceleration increase and subsequently they are
straightforwardly relative with one another. In any case, it varies with regards to
masses, the greater the force you apply on a substantial mass, the less acceleration
increase it makes. The group additionally figured out how to ascertain the uniform
acceleration of the body from the got information. Uniformly Accelerated Motion
(UAM) is the motion of an object with a constant acceleration. In other words, the
acceleration remains constant; it is equal to a number that does not change as a
function of time.

Percentage difference
𝑬𝟐 − 𝑬𝟏
| | 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝑬𝟐 + 𝑬𝟏
( )
𝟐
𝟎 − 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟐𝟒
| | 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝟎 + 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟐𝟒
( )
𝟐
= 𝟐 𝒙 𝟏𝟎𝟎
=2

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