performed on August 31
Group members: Michael Flores,Alex and Michael
Purpose:determine if a falling body will accelerate at 9.8 m/s^2
Theory: Demonstrate the motion of free failing body to determine g and some statistics for data
Apparatus: So what we did is put a strip of tape along a pole connected to a spark generator. Then we turn on the generator and saw some sparks. The tape had marks from the top to bottom and we measure the distance from each interval with a meter stick.
Then with the measurements we plug the numbers in excel.
For the time in row a we did a min so 60 seconds. From the time and distance we were able to find X. Then for mid interval we divide it by 120. With the mid interval time and X were able to find out the mid interval speed.
As you can see the constant acceleration and velocity in the middle interval are the same. The acceleration due to gravity can be maintained from the velocity/ time graph by dividing the velocity by the time, so it's the points on the graph. The points on the graph show almost a straight line meaning the acceleration is constant for free fall bodys. Their was a number we had to drop because it wasn't near that, but all the other numbers were similar.
