PHY 101 Lab 4: Newton’s Second Law Data Activity 1 Tanner Basham Data Table 1 Suspend
ed Mass (kg) Weight of Suspended Mass (mass x 9.8 m/s
2
), Newtons Time (sec) Average Time (t) Average Time
2
(t
2
) Displacement Δ
x (m) 2
Δ
x (m) Acceleration = 2
Δ
x/t
2
(m/s
2
) 3 washer
s = 17.0 g/ Trial 1 =2.00 2s 2s*2s=4
.00 79.5cm/10
0=0.795m 1.59
m 0.3975 Trial 2 =1.98 Trial 3 =2.03 4 washer
s = 17.0 g/ Trial 1 =1.60 1.62s 2.62 0.795m 1.59
m 0.6069 Trial 2 =1.64 Trial 3 =1.61 5 washer
s = 27.8g/10 00=0.02 78kg*(9. 8m/) =0. 724N Trial 1 =1.51 1.51s 2.28 0.795m 1.59
m 0.6974m Trial 2 =1.52 Trial 3 =1.49 6 washer
s = 33.8g/1000
=0.0338kg*
(98m/) =0.3312N Trial 1 =1.39 1.38s 1.90 0.795m 1.59
m 0.8368m Trial 2 = 1.36 Trial 3 =1.40 7 washer
s = 39.2g/10 00=0.03 92kg*(9.8m
/) =0.3 Trial 1 =1.21 1.20s 1.44 0.795m 1.59
m 1.325m Trial 2 = Trial 3 =
