Maple Leaf International School

Physics Practical (AS) – Unit 3

Assignment-4
January 2021

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 Experiment 4: Determination of frictional force
Set up the apparatus as shown

1. Determine the time t (5 times) taken for the toy car to travel the distance shown, from rest
down the runway.

t/s 0.253 0.234 0.255 1.501 0.231

Mean value of t: (2)

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2. a) Estimate the uncertainty in your value of t. (1)

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b) Hence find the percentage uncertainty in your value of t. (2)

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3. Calculate the acceleration a of the toy car using a = 2s / t2. (2)

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4. Calculate the frictional force f opposing the motion of the toy car given by

Where,
m =mass of the car = 80.246 g
θ =the angle of the slope
g = 9.81 m s-2 (4)

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5. Find the frictional forces for the other values of h = 15 cm and 20 cm, keeping s constant.
(Assume that t = 0.223 s when h = 15 cm and t = 0.198 s when h = 20 cm ) (8)

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6. Comment on the result. (1)

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