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paul265
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Galileo's Incline plane... Help for SAC.
Hey everyone i am new here so excuse me if i confuse you all.
I am currently undertaking Galileo's incline plane for my yr.12 assessment and i am a little lost with what i am trying to prove...
the data i collected is as follows.
- The volume of the 2 balls used
- The length of the incline
- The angle used
- Weight of the beaker
- Weight of the beaker after each trial run(once water was placed into the beaker during each trial.)
I simply weighed the beaker. Then simultaneously i released the water clock and the ball to fall down the incline. Then i weighed the beaker after the water was collected after each run at full length, 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4.
My problem lies in what I am trying to figure out.
I don't know what i should figure out.. Whether i should find acceleration.(But how would i find that..) Or whether i should prove the formula that distance is inversly proportional to time squared.
Another thing that i have read on the net but don't understand is the theory that explains that: The difference in ratios of distance traveled is the distance in ratios of time squared.? How can i find time with the weight and distance traveled that i have found from conducted my experiment?
I also realize that i forgot 2 measure the mass of the 2 balls. Although one ball had a Volume of (3.4 * 10^-4) and the other was (4.1887* 10^-4) The heights of the incline are as follows.
full - 84cm
3/4 - 63cm
1/2 - 42cm
1/4 - 21cm (The angle of the incline is 57 degrees although.. the results should be the same with any angle so i guess you can presume the angle is 60 degrees.)
Any help is much appreciated and I am sorry 2 give u all a head ache. THANKS.
Hey everyone i am new here so excuse me if i confuse you all.
I am currently undertaking Galileo's incline plane for my yr.12 assessment and i am a little lost with what i am trying to prove...
the data i collected is as follows.
- The volume of the 2 balls used
- The length of the incline
- The angle used
- Weight of the beaker
- Weight of the beaker after each trial run(once water was placed into the beaker during each trial.)
I simply weighed the beaker. Then simultaneously i released the water clock and the ball to fall down the incline. Then i weighed the beaker after the water was collected after each run at full length, 3/4, 1/2 and 1/4.
My problem lies in what I am trying to figure out.
I don't know what i should figure out.. Whether i should find acceleration.(But how would i find that..) Or whether i should prove the formula that distance is inversly proportional to time squared.
Another thing that i have read on the net but don't understand is the theory that explains that: The difference in ratios of distance traveled is the distance in ratios of time squared.? How can i find time with the weight and distance traveled that i have found from conducted my experiment?
I also realize that i forgot 2 measure the mass of the 2 balls. Although one ball had a Volume of (3.4 * 10^-4) and the other was (4.1887* 10^-4) The heights of the incline are as follows.
full - 84cm
3/4 - 63cm
1/2 - 42cm
1/4 - 21cm (The angle of the incline is 57 degrees although.. the results should be the same with any angle so i guess you can presume the angle is 60 degrees.)
Any help is much appreciated and I am sorry 2 give u all a head ache. THANKS.