Free fall

19/09/2016
Salvador Madrigal Castillo
Purpose:
Investigate the relationship between the velocity and the distance of a card in free
fall
Hypothesis:
Using the suvat equations we get the final velocity of the object thrown at different
heights and then establish a relationship between the velocity and the distance ,
we expect that if we graph the datas the slope will be the acceleration
Variables:
The independent variable is the distance and the dependent variable is the the
time because the time depends on the distance
Apparatus

Meter rule
Computer
Card

Method
We clamped the photogate and the ruler above the bench and then
connected the photogate to the computer to measure the time, after that,
hold the card in a certain distance and release the card, so when the card
cross the photogate, we get the time taken the card to pass through the
photogate

Data collection
Distance
(cm)

50
40
30
20
Data processing

Time 1(s)
.01s

Time 2(s)
.01s

Time 3(s)
.01

.04
.02
.03
.03

.04
.03
.03
.02

.03
.04
.02
.02

Distance (m)

time (s)

.5
.4
.3
.2

.036
.03
.026
.023

Time
average(s
)
.01
.036
.03
.026
.023

Velocity (m/s)
1
13.8
13.3
11.5
8.6

velocity
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
3.5999999999999997E-2

0.03

2.5999999999999999E-2
velocity

2.3E-2