Laboratory Activity 4

ACTIVITY NO.
4
LAW OF ACCELERATION
Name: OLI DENNY RAY G. Date:

Program, year, and Section: BSEE-1A Laboratory Schedule:
DATA AND RESULTS

Table 1. Table for acceleration of different objects
Object Mass (kg) Time (s) Acceleration (m/s2)
Child 40 16s 2.5𝒎𝒔𝟐
Adult 80 32s 1.25𝒎𝒔𝟐
Box 50 18s 2𝒎𝒔𝟐
Trash can 100 39 1𝒎𝒔𝟐
Fridge 200 81 0.5𝒎𝒔𝟐
Mystery box 50 20 2𝒎𝒔𝟐
Table 2. Table for time for a single object (mystery box-50kg)

Force (N) Time (s) Acceleration (m/s2)
100 18 2𝒎𝒔𝟐
200 10 0.5𝒎𝒔𝟐
300 6 0.33𝒎𝒔𝟐
400 5 0.25𝒎𝒔𝟐
500 4 0.2𝒎𝒔𝟐
Table 3. Friction
Minimum Sum of
Minimum Sum of Applied Forces (Net
Applied Forces (Net Force (N) Force)
Force (N) Frictional Force to the needed needed to
needed to Force (N) right) to keep it keep object
Object moving at a
cause the Acting on cause the moving at a
object to the Object object to constant constant
begin begin velocity velocity
moving moving once it starts once it starts
moving moving
Child 101N 75N 26N 75N 0
Adult 201N 150N 51N 150N 0
Box 126N 94N 32N 94N 0
Trash can 251N 188N 63N 188N 0
Refrigerator 500N 500N 0 500N 0
Mystery 126N 94N 32N 94N 0

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ANALYSIS:
Part 1. Net Force
1. In what direction is the car moving?
 The car is moving towards left direction.
2. Observe the speedometer on the car. As the car moves, what is happening with the
velocity?
 As the car moves, the velocity of the car is increasing.
3. Explain the cause of the velocity’s behavior.
 As there is some resultant force of 50N, the car is moving with acceleration as per
newton’s second law of motion. Since there is acceleration the velocity of the car is
increasing. Acceleration direction is towards left.
Part 2. Motion
1. How much force does it take to start moving the 50 kg box?
 the force required to move the object of mass 50kg is 100n
2. Why do you need to apply a force in order to get the box to move?
 Because Newton’s first law of motion dictates that if no net force acts on an
object its velocity will not change. The box’s speed and velocity are both zero, so
without a net force acting on it will not change that speed or velocity into some
finite non-zero value, so it will not move.
3. How much force do you need to apply in order to stop the box?
 the force required to stop the object of mass 50kg is 2N
4. Which of Newton's Laws does this demonstrate?

 Newton’s first law
5. When you increase the mass of an object (while keeping the applied force the same) what
happens to the rate of acceleration? Explain why this occurs using your understanding of
Inertia (an object’s resistance to a change in motion).
 If you increase the net force, you will increase the acceleration because they're
proportional to each other. If you double, then that force you will double the
acceleration. If you increase the mass of an object, notice that mass and
acceleration are on the same side and have to balance each other out.
6. When you apply a constant force to an object does the object move at a constant
velocity or does its velocity increase? Explain why this occurs using your understanding of
acceleration/force (gravity).
 When a constant force acts on a massive body, it causes it to accelerate, i.e., to
change its velocity, at a constant rate. In the simplest case, a force applied to an
object at rest causes it to accelerate in the direction of the force.
7. When you increase the applied force, what happens to the acceleration of the object?
Explain.
 The acceleration of an object depends directly upon the net force acting upon the
object, and inversely upon the mass of the object. As the force acting upon an
object is increased, the acceleration of the object is increased. As the mass of an
object is increased, the acceleration of the object is decreased.
Part 3. Friction
1. As the mass increases, what happens to the amount of force needed to begin moving the
object? Explain.
 So of we increase mass of an object the force needed to bring it in motion or to bring it
to a sto
2. Do you need to continue applying force on an object to keep it moving? Explain why.
 No force is required to keep an object moving because to keep an object moving at
constant velocity, you need to do what is necessary to make the sum of all forces equal
to zero. If there is friction trying to slow the object (you always have to deal with friction
- unless you become an astronaut), you need to apply a force equal and opposite force
to bring the net force to zero.
COMPUTATIONS
Table 1.
Child Adult
𝒇 𝒇
𝒂=𝒎 𝒂=𝒎
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒂= 𝟒𝟎
𝒂= 𝟖𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟐. 𝟓𝒎𝒔𝟐 𝒂 = 𝟏. 𝟐𝟓𝒎𝒔𝟐
Box Trash can

𝒇 𝒇
𝒂= 𝒂=
𝒎 𝒎
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒂= 𝟓𝟎
𝒂= 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟐 𝒎𝒔𝟐 𝒂 = 𝟏𝒎𝒔𝟐
Fridge mystery box
𝒇 𝒇
𝒂= 𝒂=
𝒎 𝒎
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒂= 𝒂=
𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝟓𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝒎𝒔𝟐 𝒂 = 𝟐𝒎𝒔𝟐
Table 2.
𝒇 𝒇
𝒂=𝒎 𝒂=𝒎
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒂= 𝒂=
𝟓𝟎 𝟐𝟎𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟐𝒎𝒔𝟐 𝒂 = 𝟎. 𝟓𝒎𝒔𝟐
𝒇 𝒇
𝒂=𝒎 𝒂=𝒎
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝒂 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟑𝒎𝒔𝟐 𝒂 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟓𝒎𝒔𝟐
𝒇
𝒂=𝒎
𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟓𝟎𝟎
𝒂 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝒎𝒔𝟐
CONCLUSION (Base it from the given objectives)

1. From the table 1 they are talking about the acceleration of different objects with
Different mass and time and acceleration this demonstrate by newton’s second law.
2. From Newton's Second Law of Motion says that acceleration (gaining speed) happens when a
force acts on a mass (object).

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ACTIVITY NO.

Name: OLI DENNY RAY G. Date:

DATA AND RESULTS

Child 40 16s 2.5𝒎𝒔𝟐

Adult 80 32s 1.25𝒎𝒔𝟐

Box 50 18s 2𝒎𝒔𝟐

Trash can 100 39 1𝒎𝒔𝟐

Fridge 200 81 0.5𝒎𝒔𝟐

Mystery box 50 20 2𝒎𝒔𝟐

Table 2. Table for time for a single object (mystery box-50kg)

Adult 201N 150N 51N 150N 0

Box 126N 94N 32N 94N 0

Trash can 251N 188N 63N 188N 0

Refrigerator 500N 500N 0 500N 0

Mystery 126N 94N 32N 94N 0

4. Which of Newton's Laws does this demonstrate?

Box Trash can

Fridge mystery box

CONCLUSION (Base it from the given objectives)

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