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Relation of weight vs length in a spring

Carolina López, Juan David Perilla


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Introduction:

In this experiment we will measure the proportion between length of the spring and the mass hanging
on a spring. We will be changing the mass, adding 50 g each time proving that the spring will be longer
to 25 cm (natural length).

Research Question: How does the mass (weight) would affect the proportion (length) of the spring?

Hypothesis: If we increase the mass by 50 g each trial, then the spring will be 16 cm longer each trial,
because with the first trial the natural length of the spring increases its natural length by 16 cm.

Hooke’s law states that the force produced by a spring is proportional to the
displacement (linear amount of stretching or compressing) of that spring: F = -kx
k = force constant or spring constant

Because Hooke's law is linear, we expect that if we proportionally increase the mass
hanging from a spring, the length of the spring will increase proportionally.

Materials:
- 1 Spring of 25 cm.
- 5 weights (50g, 100g, 150g, 200g and 250g).
- Metric tape.

Procedure:
1. Measure how much the spring length measures without any weight (natural length)
2. Measure how much the spring length measures with 50g, 100g, 150g, 200 and 250g.
3. Collect data.
4. Make table where x = independent variable (weight) and y = dependent variable (length of
string)
5. Graph results and compare data. Determine the gradient and the y intercept.

Height (g) Length increase (cm)

0 250
50 16
100 23
150 30
200 43
250 48
Graph:
expected

Normal results

How to find the slope (gradient) m:


(x1, y1) (x2, y2)

y 2− y 1
m=
x 2−x 1

Expected slope:
(0,25) (50,41)

41−25 16 8
= =
50−0 50 25

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Expected Equation: y= x +25
25

Y-Intercept= 25 cm (natural lenght). Is the value of y when x = 0.

Real slope:
(0,25) (50,34)

50−0 50
=
34−25 9

Equation:
50
y= x +25
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Y-Intercept= 25 cm (natural lenght). Is the value of y when x = 0.

Analysis and conclusions

Our hypothesis was not correct, since we did not consider the spring constant to calculate the change in
its stretch.

In the graph we observe that the greater the weight, the greater the length of the spring with a slope of
50
. The y- intercept is 25 cm.
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Some values were off the line because the Hooke's law is only good over a small range of motions. It's
quite possible to extend a spring so far that it becomes damaged and really isn't the same any more.

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