ANALYSIS OF DATA

Table 1. Determination of the Coefficient of Friction TRIAL WB WP 1 138.9 35 2 158.9 45 3 178.9 55 4 208.9 75 5 238.9 90 AVERAGE COEFFICIENT OF FRCTION, 0.252 0.283 0.307 0.359 0.377 0.3136

Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. Base on the data we have gathered, friction present to our experimental set-up mainly increases because of the weight of the object and the force making it to go in motion. In the set-up the surface is smooth so it has a little to do with the acting friction, thats why I said earlier that the friction involved on the set up is affected just by two factors, but many factors can affect friction like surface tension, air resistance, angle of inclination of the surface and many more. When surfaces in contact move relative to each other, the friction between the two surfaces converts into opposing force.
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 138.9 158.9 178.9 COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION 208.9 238.9

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION

In this chart, the interaction of the weight of the object and the force causing to move that object shows clearly that it is the primary cause for the friction to change.

TABLE 2. Determination of the angle of repose TRIAL h b 1 35 86 2 37 88 3 39 90 4 41 100 5 43 120

tan 0.407 0.420 0.433 0.41 0.35

22.15 22.80 23.43 22.29 19.71

In this table, it shows that the height or the angle of inclination of the surface can decrease the friction acting on a moving object. It clearly shows that as the height and angle of inclination of the surface increase the distance being covered by the object increased because its the result of decreasing friction. Table 3. determination of maximum force that causes uniform motion Wp TRIAL Wp (calculated) (experimental) 1 20 88.70 85 2 23 94.62 90 3 26 100.29 95 4 29 105.68 100 5 31 110.78 105 Percent difference 4.26 5.20 5.41 5.52 5.36

In this table, the cause of the difference between the calculated Wp and the experimental Wp is maybe vibration in the set up thats why it stop because the motion force acting in the object is susceptible by foreign force or the surface of the beam we have use is not that clean thats why it cause greater friction that the motion force cannot overpower thats why it stop.

CONCLUSION
Therefore I conclude that friction is a small amount of opposing force that is so consistent that makes all things still in contact with each other. Friction keeps us steady in one place, keeps us not to slip or make the way slippery. Friction depletes or decreases as an object accelerate, the motion force wear off the friction making it unworkable or with lesser force. Friction can be affected by the area of contact which is in quality or in size. Friction increases as the object gets heavier, it decrease as the ratio between the weight of the object and the force causing it to move changes in favor of the force acting on it. Friction like gravity makes daily living in earth convenient and with orderliness. Friction also proves the existence of God; it supports the argument about motion and the argument of intellectual design in the earth. In the law of inertia, it states that all not moving will stay steady and all moving object will stay moving until the acting force is gone. For a moving object to stop there must a force acting on it and for an acting force starts to act there must be an origin of that force which must be God, for an object to start moving or stop moving there must an unmoved mover which must be God. For the second argument which is the argument of intellectual design, friction is one of those designs that keep all things in order. No one can design that design but only an infinite persona can do it, people can explain it but can never be produce plainly by our hands we can never conceived that kind of thing that is so infinite, human minds is finite and has limitation. For a force like friction to exist in this world there must be an ultimate being with an infinite knowledge for it to be conceived and put into fruition and that must be God.