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    The document discusses free-fall motion and how to analyze objects falling under the influence of gravity only. It describes key concepts such as displacement, velocity, and acceleration. The goal is to perform an experiment to measure the acceleration of a freely falling object and determine the value of g, the standard acceleration due to gravity.

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    The document discusses free-fall motion and how to analyze objects falling under the influence of gravity only. It describes key concepts such as displacement, velocity, and acceleration. The goal is to perform an experiment to measure the acceleration of a freely falling object and determine the value of g, the standard acceleration due to gravity.

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    Free-Fall Motion

    By: Robert McGee


    What happens ?
     1) When you drop a rock from a cliff?
    Ans: It falls downward.
     2) When a Skydiver jumps from a plane?
    Ans: He/She will fall to the ground.
     3) To a skydiver’s speed as he is falling?
    Ans: It will reach a terminal velocity due to
    air resistance.
    Free-Fall Motion
     An object moving under the influence of
    gravity only!!
    Our Goal For Today
     1) Perform an experiment to analyze a
    free-falling object.

     2) Determine the value of g.

     3) Enable you to solve problems dealing


    with free-falling objects.
    Properties of Motion

     1) Displacement

     2) Velocity

     3) Acceleration
    Displacement
     Displacement: the distance and direction
    travelled.

     Alex Rodriguez hits a home run. What is


    his total displacement around the bases?

     Ans: 0!!!
    Velocity
    change  in  displaceme nt s 
     Velocity:  v
    change  in  time t
    A Home-Run takes about 3.5 sec to clear Shea’s
    center wall (420 ft.) What is the velocity of the
    ball?
    Ans: 420 ft  0 ft
    velocity   120 ft / s
    3.5s  0 s
    - For every second, the ball travels 120 ft.
    Acceleration
    change  in  velocity v 
     Average Acceleration:  a
    change  in  time t
    A car does 0-85 m/s in 6.4 seconds. What the average
    acceleration for this interval of time?
     85m / s  0m / s
    Ans: a  13.28m / s 2
    6.4s  0s
    *For every second, the velocity increases by
    13.28
    Vector & Scalar Quantities
     A vector quantity has size and direction

    EX: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration

     A scalar quantity has only size and no direction

    EX: Distance,Speed
    Useful Kinematic Formulas
    1)v 2
    f  v  2as
    2
    i

    1
    2) s  vi t  at 2

    2
    3)v f  vi  at
    _ vi  v f
    4) v 
    2
    The Velocity vs. Time Graph
     Pictorial representation of velocity vs. time
    graph. As time increases, the
    velocity increases in this
    graph.

    The Slope of this graph


    gives us the acceleration
    of this object.
    Do You Understand It?

     Can you Describe the motion of this


    object? It’s Acceleration?
     Ans : Zero Acceleration, Constant Velocity
    Experimental Error
    g  9.81m / s 2

     What if our values do not match g?

     Remember question regarding terminal velocity


    Expermiental Error
     We must calculate the percent error for
    each of our trials:

    True Experimental
    %err   100
    True
    Our Experiment
     Drop the picket-fence
    through the Vernier
    Photogate

     Collect Data with Vernier


    Software

     Analyze Velocity vs.


    Time Graph
    Directions
     Drop the picket fence through the photogate 5
    times. (5 trials)

     Write down the acceleration values for each trial.

     Write down the experimental error for each trial.

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