Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration

Running head : Newton 's Second Law Experiment

Newton 's Second Law Experiment

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Newton 's Second Law Experiment

The experiment was all about Newton 's second law of motion . The experiment was done using a java program that simulates an air track glider setup . It uses the acceleration due to gravity of 9 .81 m /s2 . The mass of the wagon , the hanging mass , and the coefficient of friction were the variables used to determine the time it takes for the wagon to displace

in a certain distance . There were five sub experiments all in all . The first sub experiment was about the controlled variables . The other four sub experiments were used to draw conclusion and relationships of time , displacement , velocity , and acceleration in Newton 's second law of motion

First sub experiment

Mass of the wagon 100 g

Hanging mass 1 .0 g

Coefficient of friction 0 .00

Second sub experiment

Mass of wagon 200 g

Hanging mass 1 .0 g

Coefficient of friction 0 .00

Third sub experiment

Mass of wagon 100 g

Hanging mass 2 .0 g

Coefficient of friction 0 .00

Fourth sub experiment

Mass of wagon 100 g

Hanging mass 1 .0 g

Coefficient of friction 0 .001

Fifth sub experiment

Mass of the wagon 500 g

Hanging mass 5 .0 g

Coefficient of friction 0 .005

As the mass of the wagon was increased to 200 g with hanging mass and coefficient of friction at original levels , the time it...