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Physics Laboratory Activity 2

This document describes an experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity by measuring the distance and time for a freely falling body. The experiment recorded the vertical distance and time for 5 trials of a falling object. It then calculated the average time squared for each trial and plotted it against the vertical distance. From the slope of the line of best fit, the acceleration due to gravity was calculated as 9.09 m/s2, with a 7.24% error from the accepted standard value of 9.8 m/s2.

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Physics Laboratory Activity 2

This document describes an experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity by measuring the distance and time for a freely falling body. The experiment recorded the vertical distance and time for 5 trials of a falling object. It then calculated the average time squared for each trial and plotted it against the vertical distance. From the slope of the line of best fit, the acceleration due to gravity was calculated as 9.09 m/s2, with a 7.24% error from the accepted standard value of 9.8 m/s2.

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Activity No.

2
UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION
OF A FREELY FALLING BODY

Table 2.1
Trials Vertical Distance, h t tave (s) tave2
(in m) (s) (s2)
X Y
0.15

1 1.00 m 0.19 0.16 0.03

0.15

0.19

2 1.40 m 0.19 0.19 0.04

0.19

0.31

3 1.80 m 0.32 0.34 0.12

0.40

0.37

4 2.20 m 0.38 0.37 0.14

0.37

0.64
0.41
5 2.60 m 0.66 0.64

0.66

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ΣX = 9.00m ΣY = 0.74 s2

ΣX2 = 17.80m2

ΣXY = 1.68 m/s2

6. Plot the average t2 vs vertical distance.

Calculation of experimental acceleration due to gravity g through slope m:

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Calculation of slope m:

(5(1.68))−(9.00)(0.74)
m=
(5(17.80))−(9.00)2

m=0.2175 or 0.22m

Acceleration due to gravity:

2 2
g= = =9.09m/s2
𝑚 0.22

Percentage error:

(9.8−9.09)
%error= x100
9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2

%error=7.24%

Slope m = 0.22m

Acceleration due to gravity (g) = 9.09m/s2

% error = 7.24%

Standard value of g is 9.8 m/s2 or 980 cm/s2.

Conclusion:

To sum it up, based on the data above, we can see that the nearer the object the
fastest it is to reached on the ground. There is a remarkable connection between time
and distance. The total distance covered is proportional to the time squared.

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