Exercises

A student carried out an experiment to study the

relationship between acceleration, a, and the weight, W.
A smooth plane is arranged horizontally on a table.
A ticker timer is fixed at one end of the plane and is
connected to a power pack. A 1 meter long ticker tape is
attached to a trolley and is pulled through the ticker
timer. The trolley then is put on the plane and is attached
to a 1.0 N of load. The arrangement of the apparatus for
the experiment is shown in Figure1.1.

Figure 1.1

The ticker timer is switched on and the 1.0N load is

released. The dotted ticker tape is cut about 10 ticks and
is analysed to determine the initial velocity, a, final
velocity, v, and the acceleration, a, of the trolley as
shown below.
a) For the experiment, identify:
i.
the manipulated variable,
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ii.
The actual reading of s1 and s2 is shown in Figure1 .2.
The experiment is repeated by using different load of 1.5
N, 2.0 N, 2.5 N and 3.0 N. The readings of the ticker
tape are shown in Figure 1.3, I.4, 1.5 and 1.6.

the responding variable,

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iii.

a constant variable,

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[3 marks]
b) Based on Figure 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 an d 1.6, determine
s1, s2, u, v and a when W is equal to 1.0 N, 1.5 N,
2.0N, 2.5 N and 3.0 N.
Tabulate your result for s1, s2, u, v and a for each value of
W in the space below.
[7 marks]

c) On a graph paper, plot a graph of a against W.

[5 marks]
d) Use your graph to state the relationship between a
and W.
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[1 mark]