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Torque Lab Report Essay

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Purpose: To verify the relationship between the mass of an object (among three objects) and the lever arm of one of the other objects on a seesaw according to their torques.
In this lab, the relationship between m3 and l1 will be verified.

Introduction: Torque is a measure that shows how much of a force acting on an object causes it to rotate. It is the product of the acting force on an object and its distance from the fulcrum (lever arm)
Where τ (N.m) is torque, F (N) is the acting force on the system, θ is the angle in which the force acts on the object, and l (m) is the distance of the acting force from the fulcrum. This shows that a larger force will cause a greater rotation than a smaller force does. However, the angle of the force is also important, and if …show more content…

Analysis:
From the data that we have, we can plug the constant variables into the formula that we found in order to find the theoretical slope and the y-intercept:
According to this formula, the theoretical slope is 1.250 (m/kg) and the y-intercept is found to be -0.050 (m).
Graph 1: The lever arm of the mass 1 (l1) as the mass 3 changes (m3).

The comparison of the experimental slope and the theoretical slope:

Conclusion:
The main purpose of this experiment was to verify the relationship between the mass of an object (among three objects) and the lever arm of one of the other objects on a seesaw according to their torques. Due to the theoretical equation that we found we hypothesize that there will be a linear relationship between the third mass and the first mass’ distance from the fulcrum, which is called lever arm. Also, because a graph with that equation was reached, and since it perfectly matches the equation for linear lines, y = mx + b, we have proven our hypothesis. This relationship means that if we double the third mass (m3), the lever arm of the first object (l1) will be doubled as

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