CEBU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITY
N.Bacalso Avenue, Cebu City

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Department of Engineering Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Activity No. 1

Title : Free Falling Object

Objective: To measure the height using the concept of free-fall.

Part A: Free Fall Object

Procedure:

1. Download the application “phyphox” in google or in IOS appstore.

2. In the phyphox app, click the acoustic stopwatch. Adjust the threshold and
delay. Note that the delay time must not be greater than the expected time
of the motion.

3. Acoustic stopwatch works when a sound is used to trigger a signal. Two

sound (signal) must be created. The first sound triggers the application to
start the timer, and the second sound will stop the timer.

4. Chose materials that will create a sound when hit, preferably metals, tin
cans, coins, or spoon or any object that can make sound/noise.

5. Place the chosen material parallel of the top of your head, and hit it with
other material. Make sure that it create sound. The sound (first sound)
should trigger the timer to start.

6. The second sound must be the sound created by the object as it hit the
ground. This “second” sound must trigger the timer to stop.

7. Record the time indicated in as the experimental time.

8. If the experimental result is far from ideal, adjust the sensitivity/threshold of

the acoustic stop watch in the setting.
 9. Redo the procedure 1-6 using object with different mass until you make 5
trials. (show the weighing of the object used in the activity)

10. Show complete solutions to all the data

Note: Make sure the environment is not too noisy.

Data and Results:

Trial object mass, Experimental Experimental Actual %

kg time (s) height (m) Height Difference
(estimate)

1
2
3
4
5
Average

Note:

Experimental time, (time exp), is the time you get using the mobile app

Experimental height = 0.5 (9.81 m/s²) (time exp)²

Questions: (answer the following questions: copy the questions and answer)
 1. Is the experimental height you get is closer to your real height? Do you
think the accuracy is within acceptable range?
2. What are the possible factors that might affect the result?
3. Do changing the mass of the object being dropped affect the
experimental height?
4. What are the limitations/disadvantages of this experiment?

Documentation: (in your documentation, show yourself)