NEWTON’S SECOND LAW OF MOTION

Name (Surname, Given Name, M.I.) Parazo, Yamongan, Lovino, Malibiran, Ledesma Program/Year
Student number Date Completed 11/19/2022

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OBJECTIVES MATERIAL NEEDED

• The Physics Aviary: Newton's Law Lab with Photogates:
• To examine the factors affecting
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the acceleration of a system by
• Microsoft Excel
measuring acceleration with two
photogates.

Part I. Newton's Law Lab with Photogates (Varying hover puck mass)

Length of card(m) 0.174 Hanging Mass, m2 (kg) 0.20

Hover puck Average Average Experimental Accepted
mass, m1 Midtime1 Midtime2 velocity 1 velocity 2 Value of Value of
(kg) (s) (m/s) (m/s) Acceleration Acceleration %Error
(m/𝑠 2 ) (m/𝑠 2 )

0.10 2.53 2.69 1.89 3.08 7.52 6.53 15.16%

0.20 1.94 2.12 1.74 2.55 4.43 4.9 9.59%

0.30 5.94 6.15 1.50 2.40 4.40 3.92 12.2%

0.40 11 11.23 1.40 2.17 3.42 3.26 4.67%

0.50 23.07 23.32 1.27 0.44 4.32 2.8 35.18%

Figure of Last Trial Graph

7 6.53 7
5.88
Accepted Value of Acceleration

6 4.9
5
4 3.26
3
2
1
0
10 20 30 40 50

Axis Title
Hanging Mass (g)

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Part II. Newton's Law Lab with Photogates (Varying hanging mass)
Hover puck mass, m1
Length of card (m) 0.174 (kg) 0.20
Experiment
al Accepted
Hanging Average Average
Midtime 1 Midtime 2 Value of Value of
Mass, (s) (s) velocity 1 velocity 2 Acceleration Acceleration % Error
m2 (kg) (m/s) (m/s) 2 2
(m/s ) (m/s )

0.10 1.0712 1.2971 1.4032 2.1804 3.4404 3.26 5.5337

0.20 1.0752 1.2591 1.74 2.5513 4.4116 4.9 9.9673

0.30 1.2692 1.4371 1.8913 2.8903 5.9499 5.88 1.1888

0.40 1.2691 1.4272 1.9817 2.9 5.8083 6.53 11.0520
0.50 2.2261 2.3822 1.9817 3.1071 7.2094 7 2.9914
Figure of Last Trial Graph

7 6.53 7
Accepted Value of Acceleration

5.88
6
4.9
5
4 3.26
3
2
1
0
10 20 30 40 50

Hanging Mass(g)

Hanging Mass (g)

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