4.

APPENDICES
4.1 Graphs and Figures

Figure 1: Setting up the equipment and getting the time of travel of the dynamics cart when it was in a constant
mass with changing net force.

Figure 2. Getting the time travel of the changing mass of the dynamics cart by adding weights while in a constant
net force or total hanging mass.
 Figure 3: Getting the time travel of the dynamics cart by changing its mass and the weight hanging force.

The graph shows the acceleration and the total hanging weight are directly proportional.

Part A. Constant Mass, Changing Net Force

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2
Acceleration

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
Net Force (N)

The graph shows that the acceleration and total hanging weight are directly proportional. As the acceleration of the
cart increase, the Net Force also increases
 Part B. Changing Mass, Constant Net Force
1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2
Acceleration

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
mass (kg)

The graph shows that as the acceleration is inversely proportional to the total mass. As the acceleration decreases,
the mass increases
4.2 Sample Computations
TABLE 1 Trial 5

Trial 1 (0.105)(9.8)
𝑎1 =
0.518 + 0.105
(0.025)(9.8)
𝑎1 = 𝑎1 = 1.6517𝑚/𝑠 2
0.518 + 0.025
𝑎1 = 0.4512 𝑚/𝑠 2 2(0.15)
𝑎2 =
(0.7992)2
2(0.15)
𝑎2 = 𝑎2 = 1.5656 𝑚/𝑠 2
(1.5312)2

𝑎2 = 0.4265 𝑚/𝑠 2
TABLE 2

Trial 2 Trial 1

(0.045)(9.8) (0.105)(9.8)
𝑎1 = 𝑎1 =
0.518 + 0.045 0.518 + 0.105

𝑎1 = 0.7833 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎1 = 1.6517 𝑚/𝑠 2

2(0.15) 2(0.15)
𝑎2 = 𝑎2 =
(1.631)2 (0.7873)2

𝑎2 = 0.7392 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎2 = 1.6133 𝑚/𝑠 2

Trial 3 Trial 2

(0.065)(9.8) (0.105)(9.8)
𝑎1 = 𝑎1 =
0.518 + 0.065 0.618 + 0.105

𝑎1 = 1.0926 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎1 = 1.4232 𝑚/𝑠 2

2(0.15) 2(0.15)
𝑎2 = 𝑎2 =
(0.9594)2 (0.8318)2

𝑎2 = 1.0864 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎2 = 1.4453 𝑚/𝑠 2

Trial 4 Trial 3

(0.085)(9.8) (0.105)(9.8)
𝑎1 = 𝑎1 =
0.518 + 0.085 0.718 + 0.105

𝑎1 = 1.3814 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎1 = 1.2503 𝑚/𝑠 2

2(0.15) 2(0.15)
𝑎2 = 𝑎2 =
(0.8536)2 (0.8902)2

𝑎2 = 1.3724𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎2 = 1.2619 𝑚/𝑠 2

Trial 4 Trial 3
(0.105)(9.8) (0.065)(9.8)
𝑎1 = 𝑎1 =
0.818 + 0.105 0.718 + 0.065
𝑎1 = 1.1148 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎1 = 0.8135 𝑚/𝑠 2
2(0.15) 2(0.5)
𝑎2 = 𝑎2 =
(0.9412)2 (1.1257)2

𝑎2 = 1.1288 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎2 = 0.7891 𝑚/𝑠 2

Trial 5 Trial 4
(0.105)(9.8) (0.085)(9.8)
𝑎1 = 𝑎1 =
0.918 + 0.105 0.818 + 0.085
𝑎1 = 1.0059 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎1 = 0.9225 𝑚/𝑠 2
2(0.15) 2(0.5)
𝑎2 = 𝑎2 =
(0.9979)2 (1.0165)2

𝑎2 = 1.0042 𝑚/𝑠 2 𝑎2 = 0.9678 𝑚/𝑠 2

TABLE 3 Trial 5

Trial 1 (0.105)(9.8)
𝑎1 =
0.918 + 0.105
(0.025)(9.8)
𝑎1 =
0.518 + 0.025 𝑎1 = 1.0059 𝑚/𝑠 2

𝑎1 = 0.4512 𝑚/𝑠 2 2(0.5)

𝑎2 =
(0.9755)2
2(0.5)
𝑎2 =
(1.5256)2 𝑎2 = 1.0509 𝑚/𝑠 2

𝑎2 = 0.4297 𝑚/𝑠 2

Trial 2
(0.045)(9.8)
𝑎1 =
0.618 + 0.045
𝑎1 = 0.6652 𝑚/𝑠 2
2(0.5)
𝑎2 =
(1.2369)2

𝑎2 = 0.6536 𝑚/𝑠 2
4.3 Calculations and Analysis of Errors Trial 2

TABLE 1 |1.4232 − 1.4453|

%error = × 100
1.4232
Trial 1
= 1.5528 %
|0.4512 − 0.4265|
%error = × 100
0.4512
= 2.8142 % Trial 3
|1.2503 − 1.2619|
%error = × 100
1.2503
Trial 2
= 0.9278 %
|0.7833 − 0.7392|
%error = × 100
0.7833
= 2.8966 % Trial 4
|1.1148 − 1.1288|
%error = × 100
1.1148
Trial 3
= 1.2558%
|1.0926 − 1.0864|
%error = × 100
1.0926
= 0.2845 % Trial 5
|1.0059 −|. 0042
%error = × 100
0.4512
Trial 4
=0.1690%
|1.3814 − 1.3724|
%error = × 100
1.3814
= 03268 % TABLE 3

Trial 1

Trial 5 |0.4512 − 0.4297|

%error = × 100
0.4512
|1.6517 − 1.5656|
%error = × 100 = 4.7651 %
1.6517
= 2.6762 %
Trial 2

TABLE 2 |0.6652 − 0.6536|

%error = × 100
0.6652
Trial 1
= 1.7438 %
|1.6517 − 1.6133|
%error = × 100
1,6517
= 2.3239%
Trial 3
|0.8135 − 0.9678|
%error = × 100
0.8135
= 2.9944 %

Trial 4
|0.9225 − 0.9678|
%error = × 100
0.9225
= 4.9106 %

Trial 1
|1.0059 − 1.0509|
%error = × 100
0.4512
= 4.4736 %
4.4 Guide Questions
1. From the results of part A, how would you relate the acceleration of the cart to the total hanging weight

For the first part of the experiment, the idea is to find the acceleration of the carat with constant mass and
using hanging weights as the force attracting the cart to move. The net force is directly proportional to the acceleration
of the cart. It can be seen that as the acceleration increases, net force also increases.

2. From the results of Part B, how would you relate the acceleration of the cart to its mass?

For the second part of this experiment, the idea is to find the acceleration of the cart with constant net force
while it mass varies weights are odd to their added to the car to prove that the acceleration decreases at the total mass
is increases.

3. List down the possible sources of error in competence.

The possible sources of the errors in this typing. The setup of materials is not properly set. Inconsistent ad
inefficient while making the experiment that yield to inaccuracy of the data.