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Atwood's Machine Acceleration Analysis

This document describes Atwood's machine experiment where two masses are connected by a string over a pulley. It provides the theoretical equations for calculating acceleration and includes a table of experimental trial data collected.

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Atwood's Machine Acceleration Analysis

This document describes Atwood's machine experiment where two masses are connected by a string over a pulley. It provides the theoretical equations for calculating acceleration and includes a table of experimental trial data collected.

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Atwoo

𝑀
2

𝑚1

𝐹_𝑁𝑒𝑡=𝑚
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atwd.html

𝑚𝑎=𝑇−𝑊

𝑀=0.11 kg, 𝑚=0.10 kg


𝑔=9.81 m s^(−2)
𝑀=0.11 kg, 𝑚=0.10 kg
𝑔=9.81 m s^(−2)

𝑎=
Atwood's Machine

𝐹_𝑁𝑒𝑡=𝑚𝑎 𝐹_𝑛𝑒𝑡=𝑊_2−𝑇

𝑚𝑎=𝑇−𝑊

(𝑚_2−𝑚_1 )𝑔=
(𝑚_1+𝑀_2 )𝑎
"Type equation here."

𝑎=(𝑚_2−𝑚_1
)𝑔/((𝑚_1+𝑚_2))
𝑎=(𝑚_2−𝑚_1
)𝑔/((𝑚_1+𝑚_2))
−𝑇
h/m g / m s-2 Time / s t/s
0.8 9.81 (± 0.01 s) (± 0.001 s)
2 0.250
m / kg M / kg 4 0.500
0.1 0.11 6 0.750
8 1.000
10 1.250
12 1.500
14 1.750
s / m (± m)
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 smean / m Δs / m
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Acceleration
a / m s-2 Δa / m s-2
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f(x) = NaN x^NaN
s / m (± ) vs t / s (± 0.001 s)
12

10

8
s / m (± )

0
0.000 0.200 0.400 0.600 0.800 1.000 1.200 1.400 1.600 1.800 2.000

t / s (± 0.001 s)

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