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Abstract
Weight, in terms of physics, is the force acted upon an
object because of gravity, or F=mg, where m is mass, F is
weight, and g is gravitational acceleration. Because of the
formula, if you are given two of the measurements, the third
one can be found through algebra. In the experiment, we
did just that; we needed to find one of the factors through
measuring the others. The factor that needed to be found
was gravitational acceleration. To do so, the object of the
mass needed to be found and the weight force. Luckily,
masses with the amount of mass in grams were already
provided. For each of the 5 masses, the amount of weight
force was measured in Newtons by a force scale. Once the
force was recorded for each mass, the amount of force was
divided by the mass to find gravitational acceleration. The
results showed that every mass had the same gravitational
acceleration of -10 m/s2. The findings show that the g value
is a constant value that doesn't change when the mass
does, and the values found in the experiment provides
further evidence that the gravitational acceleration is
-9.81m/s/s, since the results were so close to it.
Objectives
Methods
Results
Conclusions
Force (N)
Acceleration (M/S2)
.1 kg
1N
-9.81M/S2
.2kg
2N
-9.81M/S2
.3kg
3N
-9.81M/S2
-9.81M/S2
.5kg
-9.81M/S2
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5N