TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

College of Science
Physics Department

LABORATORY REPORT
[PHYSENGL-M]
[BSEE-1Q]

Experiment No. 3
[UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION USING TICKER-TAPE TIMER]

Submitted by:
[BSEE-1Q]
[Group No. 1]
[Names of Group Members]
Arizala, Arren
Balgos, John Emmanuel
Fetalino Christian
Rosales, Jomar
Sang-an, Jadgeli
Umban, Enriquez

[April 12, 2021]

Submitted to:
Ms. Ma. Kristina B. Dela Cruz
I. THEORY [2 pts]
In physics, any increase or decrease in velocity is referred to as acceleration or
deceleration. The rate of acceleration is measured in m/s^2 or km/m/s respectively.
The average acceleration of an object can be derived from the formula a= v-u/t.

II. OBJECTIVES [1 pt]

1. To investigate the speed of an accelerating trolley.

III. MATERIALS [1 pt]

• Ticker tape
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Pen
• Paper

IV. PROCEDURE [5 pts]

 V. DATA AND RESULTS [15 pts]

Table 1:

Total Distance Average Speed

Total Time
time traveled during during each
distance interval Acceleration
(dots) each time time interval
(cm) (5 dots) (cm/dot2)
Interval (cm) (cm/dot)

5 0.800 cm 5 0.8 cm 0.16 cm/dot

0.02 cm/dot2
10 2.10 cm 5 1.3 cm 0.26 cm/dot
0.024 cm/dot2
15 4.00 cm 5 1.9 cm 0.38 cm/dot
0.02 cm/dot2
20 6.40 cm 5 2.4 cm 0.48 cm/dot
0.048 cm/dot2
25 10.0 cm 5 3.6 cm 0.72 cm/dot
-0.024 cm/dot2
30 13.0 cm 5 3 cm 0.6 cm/dot
0.04 cm/dot2
35 17.0 cm 5 4 cm 0.8 cm/dot
0.02 cm/dot2
40 21.5 cm 5 4.5 cm 0.9 cm/dot
0.02 cm/dot2
45 26.5 cm 5 5 cm 1 cm/dot
0.024 cm/dot2
50 32.1 cm 5 5.6 cm 1.12 cm/dot
0.024 cm/dot2
55 38.3 cm 5 6.2 cm 1.24 cm/dot

Average acceleration = ________0.0216_____ cm/dot2

DISTANCE vs TIME

VELOCITY vs TIME
 ACCELERATION vs TIME

Sample Calculations:
 VI. DISCUSSION [20 pts]
Questions:
1. What is the difference between speed and velocity?
• 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. Speed and velocity are related in much
the same way that distance and displacement are related. Speed is a scalar and velocity is
a vector.
2. What do you understand by an acceleration of +2 m/s2? of -2 m/s2?
• *The unit of m/s^2 signifies the acceleration of the object.
• *The magnitude of acceleration is 2
• *Also means acceleration of an object is vector quantity.
• *The acceleration of the object is positive, which
• means the final velocity is more than initial velocity.
• *It means that the velocity of particle changes by 2 meter in every second.
While the - 2m/s^2 is negative magnitude which apparently means the object is slowing
down and its acceleration vector is directed in the opposite direction.
3. How could the experiment be modified to study the acceleration of a freely-falling body?
• An object that is moving only because of the action of gravity is said to be free falling and
its motion is described by Newton's second law of motion. The acceleration is constant and
equal to the gravitational acceleration g which is 9.8 meters per square second at sea level
on the Earth.

VII. CONCLUSION [5 pts]

We learned based from the analysis of the dots and reveals that the object is moving with
a changing velocity or accelerating. A changing distance between dots indicates that the velocity
is changing therefore an acceleration. While a constant distance between dots represents a constant
velocity and thus no acceleration.
In addition we also notice that while the speed is increasing, the dots spaces increases too.
Therefore we can conclude that the long gap or spaces between dots means that object is moving
fast then vice versa.

VIII. REFERENCES [1 pt]