Lab 9 Report

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Lab 9 Report Static Equilibrium
Objective The objectives of this lab are to: To determine the unknown masses to a lever To compute the sum of the forces and torques acting on a system Materials Fishing string (souji) Wooden Chopsticks 20 Pennies Clear Scotch Tape Ruler Wooden Back Scratcher (rod) 2 Wooden Stools (rod rested on) Mystery Item (Wooden Clothes Pin) Theory Explain the theory of the lab. In this lab, torque and static equilibrium are the main forces that were used. Torque is the rational force and is used in which the component of the force is perpendicular to the distance. When the object is not moving and completely balanced it is in static equilibrium. Static equilibrium was found in the different levers using the different pennyweights and varying distances from the penny center to the fulcrum using that as the rotation point. Using the different weights the rod would be unbalanced causing the penny stack to move closer to the fulcrum (Class 2 Lever) until the rod balanced evenly and the torques balanced out (Class 1 Lever). Method Type a short paragraph describing what you did in the lab. Emphasize why you did the lab the way you did, not a blow-by-blow procedure. Include at least one diagram or picture of the setup. In this lab, we reused the chopstick attached to a string from the last lab. We taped two pennies to one side of the chopstick. On the other side, we taped 3, 4, 5, and 6 pennies while changing the distance of the pennies to the center of the rod. We made sure it was balanced by making the chopstick straight and using static equilibrium. Then, we calculated the weight of the pennies and measured the distance between the middle of the pennies and the string. Using this, we were able to find the torque of both sides. We repeated the same steps and slid the pennies back and forth across the chopstick until static equilibrium was reached with the different penny weights. We also repeated the same procedure for our
mystery items. After the experiment, we noticed that if it is balanced then the torques would be similar to each other. Data *Provided Penny Bundles For Calculations* Penny bundle Mass (g) 2 pennies 5 g 3 pennies 7.5 g 4 pennies 10 g 5 pennies 12.5 g 6 pennies 15 g
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