Acceleration Calculations
For this in class lab we were tasked with calculating the average acceleration of an object falling the length of a ruler and compare that average to gravity 9.8m/s^2. The object we decided to use was a simple paper clip and running the experiment 10 times, finding the Time-in and Time-out we were able to find the acceleration for each test, once the 10 trials were completed we were able to find the average.
To calculate acceleration the equation we used was 2 x changeinX / changeinT^2
Our average was actually 9.89m/s^2 which is basically exactly the same as gravity, which means our experiment was near perfect.
Our standard deviation was 4.65, which is a pretty good number when compared to the average.
Our percent error was 0% as gravity is 9.8m/s^2 and our average was 9.8m/s^2.
Below is the table with all the variables and need to know information for each test, including the overall average, standard deviation and percent error.
To calculate acceleration the equation we used was 2 x changeinX / changeinT^2
Our average was actually 9.89m/s^2 which is basically exactly the same as gravity, which means our experiment was near perfect.
Our standard deviation was 4.65, which is a pretty good number when compared to the average.
Our percent error was 0% as gravity is 9.8m/s^2 and our average was 9.8m/s^2.
Below is the table with all the variables and need to know information for each test, including the overall average, standard deviation and percent error.