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    This document describes an experiment demonstrating Newton's second law on an inclined plane. The objectives are to calculate acceleration on an inclined plane using two equations: a=g*sinθ and the kinematic equation s=ut+(1/2)at^2. A cart was timed rolling down a ramp, and its acceleration was calculated using the mass, force due to gravity, and the ramp's angle. The results found the acceleration was approximately 0.98 m/s^2 using both equations, with small differences attributed to human error in timing. The conclusion is that the acceleration of an object on an inclined plane depends only on the ramp's angle and gravity, not the object's mass.

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    This document describes an experiment demonstrating Newton's second law on an inclined plane. The objectives are to calculate acceleration on an inclined plane using two equations: a=g*sinθ and the kinematic equation s=ut+(1/2)at^2. A cart was timed rolling down a ramp, and its acceleration was calculated using the mass, force due to gravity, and the ramp's angle. The results found the acceleration was approximately 0.98 m/s^2 using both equations, with small differences attributed to human error in timing. The conclusion is that the acceleration of an object on an inclined plane depends only on the ramp's angle and gravity, not the object's mass.

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    This document describes an experiment demonstrating Newton's second law on an inclined plane. The objectives are to calculate acceleration on an inclined plane using two equations: a=g*sinθ and the kinematic equation s=ut+(1/2)at^2. A cart was timed rolling down a ramp, and its acceleration was calculated using the mass, force due to gravity, and the ramp's angle. The results found the acceleration was approximately 0.98 m/s^2 using both equations, with small differences attributed to human error in timing. The conclusion is that the acceleration of an object on an inclined plane depends only on the ramp's angle and gravity, not the object's mass.

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    NEWTON'S

    LAW
    AN INCLINED PLANE

    Mahidol University International


    Demonstrate School
    AP Physics class 2018-2019
    Susana Alulod
    Made by: Phaphat  Aowsathaporn
    OBJECTIVE
    - To demonstrate the newton’s
    second law.

    - To be able to calculate an
    acceleration in an incline plane.
    - To understand more about an
    incline plane.
    - To apply Mathematic and Physic
    together to solve the problems.
    INTRODUCTION
    There was an scientist in England named Sir Isaac Newton.
    He has a bad hair style, but quite an intelligent guy. He
    worked on developing calculus and physics at the same
    time. During his work, he came up with the three basic
    ideas that are applied to the physics of most motion. The
    ideas have been tested and verified so many times over the
    years, that scientists now call them Newton's Three Laws of
    Motion. The first law says that an object at rest tends to stay
    at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion, with
    the same direction and speed. Motion (or lack of motion)
    cannot change without an unbalanced force acting. If
    nothing is happening to you, and nothing does happen, you
    will never go anywhere. If you're going in a specific
    direction, unless something happens to you, you will always
    go in that direction. Forever. The second law says that the
    acceleration of an object produced by a net applied force is
    directly related to the magnitude of the force, the same
    direction as the force, and inversely related to the mass of
    the object; F = ma. The third law says that for every action
    force there is an equal and opposite reaction force. Forces
    are found in pairs. For example, if object 1 exerts a force on
    object 2, then object 2 experts a force back on object1,
    equal in strength but in the opposite direction. In this
    experiment, we did about an incline plane to find an
    acceleration by using two different equation. There were s =
    ut + (at^2)/2 and a = g sinθ.
    MATERIALS
    1. cart 4. Ruler

    2. track 5. stand

    3. Stop watch
    SET UP
    PROCEDURE
    1. Set up the ramp with the height 25 cm at the
    end of the ramp(start with 0 cm side) by using the
    ramp stand.
    2. Make sure that distance along the ramp at 140
    cm the height is 13 cm.
    3. Starting with a cart at rest at the distance 20 cm,
    use the stopwatch to measure the time to roll down
    the ramp.
    4. When the cart passed the distance of 80 cm,
    press the stop watch(Lab).
    5. When the cart passed the distance of 140 cm,
    press it another time.
    6. Record the time we used.
    7. Repeat step 3-6 for three time and average
    them.
    DATA & RESULT
    1. Finding the angle

    2. Finding the acceleration


    by using newton's second
    law equation 
    cm

    3. Finding the acceleration


    by using linear motion
    equation
    1. Newton's second law equation

    2. Linear motion equation


    Analysis
    In the calculation part, there are two different
    equations that be used to calculate an acceleration of the
    cart, which is Newton’s second law equation and Linear
    motion equation. As you can see in the calculation part, a
    mass of a cart is independent from an acceleration. They
    are not related. As the result, an acceleration from Newton’s
    second law equation is 0.98 m/s^2 in the first 60 cm. At the
    same distance (first 60 cm), an acceleration from a linear
    motion equation is 0.94 m/s^2. There is an error in this
    experiment, which is human error. It can happen when the
    observers are in a different position. It may cause the effect
    to the time we took. Furthermore, when the observer
    presses a stopwatch button, the time isn’t accurate. So, I
    have to do many trials and average it.
    At the distance of 120 cm, an acceleration of the cart
    is 0.98 m/s^2 by using Newton's second law. And from a
    linear equation, an acceleration is 0.85 m/s^2. Also, there is
    a mistake that causes acceleration not to be the same,
    which is human error. Without a human error, an
    acceleration should be the same.
    Conclusion
    To conclude, an acceleration of a cart that
    slides down an inclined plane is independent from a
    mass of the cart. From the equation, a = g sinx, it
    shows that no mass needed to plug in the equation.
    Thus, the only thing that needs to be measured in this
    experiment is height and the distance of an inclined
    plane to find an angle of it.
    Reccommendation
    There is a mistake that make an experiment
    isn't become accurate, which is about human error. In
    this experiment, it is a group work. So, our group have
    many observer from a different position that makes a
    mistake about timing. Because we saw the cart in
    different perspective. However, we solve this problem
    by using only one observation who was standing in
    front of a distance at 120 cm because it will be the most
    accurate one to see the cart pass the point.
    References
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    for-kids-definition-examples.html

    - Inclined plane facts Kids Encyclopedia Facts. (n.d.).


    Retrieved from https://kids.kiddle.co/Inclined_plane

    - E. (n.d.). What is an inclined plane simple machine.


    Retrieved from https://eschooltoday.com/science/simple-
    machines/what-is-an-inclined-plane.html

    - Inclined Plane Examples. (n.d.). Retrieved from


    http://www.softschools.com/examples/simple_machines/i
    nclined_plane_examples/508/

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