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Galileo's Gravitation Experiment Lab Report

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Galileo’s Gravitational Experiment
D. G. Lacsamana
De La Salle University
2401 Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines Abstract: The experiment is entitled the gravitational experiment as what Galileo discovered during his time. The purpose of this was to prove that the acceleration at free-fall of an object is the same as the acceleration of an object sliding down in an inclined surface. The procedure involved changing of different angles of the inclined plane holding the mass of the cart and the distance travelled constant considering the average time with 10 trials. The results showed that the acceleration was directly proportional to the angle.

Introduction

During the 17th century, a lot of studies are being conducted to study motion. …show more content…

To calculate the acceleration, the formula a=2d/t^2 had been used. The distance will always be 90 cm. The time that was used for every height was the average times listed in (2). Also, sin θ was computed. It is the ratio of the different heights to the length of the inclined track which is 120 cm. Also, the experiment shows that the distance travelled is directly proportional to the square of time. Figure (1): Acceleration (cm/s^2) vs. sin θ In Figure (1), acceleration vs. sin θ was graphed. It shows that as the acceleration is directly proportional to the angle. The best-fit line is also shown above and it represents g which is expected to be 980 …show more content…

With this computed slope, the percentage error is 3.06%. Conclusion The paper showed the relationships between the times of travel, the velocity and acceleration and the total distance travelled of a cart rolling down an inclined plane. Constant variables in this experiment are the distance travelled and the mass used for the cart. With different angles, it is proved that the acceleration varies proportionally with the angle θ. Thus, as the angle increases, the acceleration also increases. The results of the graph shows that a=gsin θ, wherein g is the corresponding slope. This slope also corresponds to the acceleration due to gravity or also the acceleration of objects in free-fall as what Galileo have discovered. References
[1] Windelspecht, M. (2002). Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the 17th century. Portsmouth, NH: Greenwood Publishing Group.
[2] Drake, S. (2003). Galileo at Work: His Scientific Biography. Cambridge, MA: Courier Corporation.
[3] Agarwal, P., & Sinha, S. (). Elements of physics xi. Meerut, Ghaziabad :Rastogi

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