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    This lab report describes an experiment measuring constant acceleration due to gravity. The experiment set up an air track to simulate frictionless motion and used a sensor to record the distance-time graph of a hanging mass on a glider. By analyzing the theoretical and experimental acceleration values, the report concludes that the measured acceleration of 2.77 m/s^2 closely matched the calculated value of 2.7 m/s^2, with only a 6.45% error rate.

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    This lab report describes an experiment measuring constant acceleration due to gravity. The experiment set up an air track to simulate frictionless motion and used a sensor to record the distance-time graph of a hanging mass on a glider. By analyzing the theoretical and experimental acceleration values, the report concludes that the measured acceleration of 2.77 m/s^2 closely matched the calculated value of 2.7 m/s^2, with only a 6.45% error rate.

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    University of Texas at El Paso

    Mechanical Engineering
    Fall 2023

    Laboratory for PHYS 2320


    CRN

    Report # 3

    Sinuhe Olivas
    80733552
    INTRODUCTION
    We learned about acceleration, specifically constant acceleration, and what that
    looks like in a space-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graph, with the
    acceleration being gravity and constant weight.

    SET UP
    We set up our thingie that blows air to assimilate a no-friction plane, the hanging
    mass attached to the gliding thingie whose distance/time and thus acceleration we’ll be
    analyzing, and the sensor hooked up to the computer.

    PROCEDURE
    We followed the steps about finding a theoretical A based on the formulas which
    are, of course, considering ideal conditions, and set off with gathering the experimental
    values by letting the hanging mass move the gliding thingie and analying the graph.

    DATA AND ANALYSIS

    CONCLUSIONS
    Acceleration was constant and 2.77, very close to the theoretical value of 2.7 that
    we had calculated, with only a 6.45% error, pretty extra-credit worthy if you ask me.
    PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
    We had a good time and it was fun getting the theoretical as well as the real-life
    values and see them be very similar, nearly identical if you ask me…

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