Physics Laboratory Experiments

Jerry D. Wilson, Cecilia A. Hernandez-Hall

Chapter 7 (TI-GL/CI) Newton’s Second Law: The Atwood Machine - all with Video Answers

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01:12

Problem 1

What happens to the acceleration of a system when the mass of the system increases but the net force stays constant?

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Problem 2

What happens to the acceleration of a system when the net applied force increases but the mass of the system does not change?

Donald Albin

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Refer to the data in CI Data Table 2 . Make a one-page graph of unbalanced force versus measured acceleration, and draw the best-fitting straight line. Determine the slope of this line. Show the details of the calculation on the graph, and attach the graph to the lab report.

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Problem 4

What are the units of the slope of your graph?

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Problem 5

What physical quantity of the system is represented by the slope of the force-versusacceleration graph? How well does it match the experimental setup?

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Problem 6

From the results, was there a good agreement between the experimental acceleration and the theoretical (expected) acceleration? What causes the difference? Discuss sources of experimental uncertainty for this experiment.

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