Carlo Cenovese

10/31/11
84


CravlLy MeasuremenL Lab

lnLroducLlon
ln Lhe experlmenL a plece of paper Lape was dropped Lhrough a mechanlsm LhaL made marks on Lhe
Lape every 0167 seconds A welghL was aLLached Lo Lhe boLLom of Lhe Lape ln order Lo make lL fall 1o
LesL lf dlfferenL Lhlngs fall aL dlfferenL speeds dlfferenL welghLs were used ln mulLlple Lrlals 1o LesL Lhe
acceleraLlon of each Lrlal four marks were chosen on each Lape and Lhe acceleraLlon aL each polnL was
measured uslng Lhe lengLh and Lhe Llme 1hen Lhe resulLs of Lhe Lrlals were compared Lo each oLher and
a flnal concluslon was made

roblem SLaLemenL
1he goal of Lhls experlmenL ls Lo LesL lf dlfferenL ob[ecLs fall fasLer or slower dependlng on Lhelr welghL
and mass 1he lndependenL varlable was Lhe mass of Lhe welghLs aLLached Lo Lhe paper Lape 1he
dependanL varlable was Lhe acceleraLlon of Lhe Lape as lL fell

MaLerlals
3 lengLhs of paper Lape
1 marklng mechanlsm
3 dlfferenL welghLs
8uler
CalculaLor

rocedure
1 ALLach 1
sL
welghL Lo end of paper Lape
2 lnserL opposlLe end of paper Lape lnLo marklng mechanlsm
3 1urn mechanlsm on
4 LeL welghL drop and pull paper wlLh lL
3 Choose 4 spoLs on paper Lape
6 llnd acceleraLlon and veloclLy aL each place
7 8epeaL sLeps 16 wlLh oLher welghLs













bservaLlons
veloclLy Craph


AcceleraLlon Craph


8elaLlve Lrror CharL
olnL 1 olnL 2 olnL 3
20g 4989 9237 9382
30g 213 3902 4773
100g 4633 2439 976





0
30
100
130
200
230
300
330
20g 30g 100g
V
e
|
o
c
|
t
y

(
c
m
]
s
)
We|ght (g)
veloclLy (olnL 1)
veloclLy (olnL 2)
veloclLy (olnL 3)
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
20g 30g 100g
A
c
c
e
|
e
r
a
t
|
o
n

(
c
m
]
s
2
)
We|ght (g)
AcceleraLlon (olnL 1)
AcceleraLlon (olnL 2)
AcceleraLlon (olnL 3)
Concluslon
vlewlng Lhese resulLs lL ls evldenL LhaL Lhe acceleraLlons for all of Lhe Lrlals greaLly exceed 981cm/s
8ased on Lhe daLa alone Lhls experlmenL shows LhaL Lhe raLe of acceleraLlon on Lhe planeL earLh ls noL
981cm/s2 1he observed values when compared Lo Lhe accepLed value (of Lhe Lrue raL of acceleraLlon)
make lL clear LhaL Lhe 8elaLlve Lrror ln or experlmenL ranges from 976 Lo 9382 ln summaLlon
accordlng Lo Lhe resulLs of Lhe experlmenL Lhe raLe of gravlLy's acceleraLlon on LarLh can exceed 981
m/s2