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    The document describes a physics laboratory experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity (g) by measuring the time taken for a golf ball to fall from various heights. The experiment involves dropping a golf ball from different heights and measuring the time taken to fall using a lightgate meter. A graph of height vs time squared is plotted and the gradient determined to calculate the experimental value of g. The value is then compared to the accepted value to determine percent error.

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    The document describes a physics laboratory experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity (g) by measuring the time taken for a golf ball to fall from various heights. The experiment involves dropping a golf ball from different heights and measuring the time taken to fall using a lightgate meter. A graph of height vs time squared is plotted and the gradient determined to calculate the experimental value of g. The value is then compared to the accepted value to determine percent error.

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    UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

    KAMPUS JENGKA

    PHY110

    FUNDAMENTAL OF PHYSIC

    LABORATORY REPORT
    Title of experiment

    Exp. No.
    Date of experiment
    Date of report submission
    Lecture’s group
    Name of lecturer

    GROUP MEMBERS

    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    Objectives :
    1. To investigate the functional relationship between height of fall and falling time.
    2. To determine the acceleration due to gravity, g by studying the motion of a freely
    falling body.
    Apparatus:

     Golf ball
     Meter ruler
     Lightgate meter

    Procedure:

    1. The apparatus was setup as the diagram.


    2. The height of fall was set up at 0.180 m.
    3. The ball had been released
    4. The time of the ball fall are recorded
    5. Step 1-4 had been repeated with difference height such as 0.160, 0.140,
    0.120,0.100, 0.080, 0.060,0.040
    Results:

    Height of fall, Time , t (s) 2 2


    t (s )
    (m) t1 t2 t3 t average
    0.180 0.145 0.136 0.143 0.141 0.020
    0.160 0.138 0.136 0.132 0.135 0.018
    0.140 0.118 0.127 0.121 0.122 0.015
    0.120 0.120 0.118 0.112 0.117 0.012
    0.100 0.099 0.092 0.091 0.094 0.009
    0.080 0.090 0.085 0.083 0.086 0.007
    0.060 0.067 0.066 0.062 0.065 0.004
    0.040 0.055 0.055 0.052 0.054 0.003

    Analysis :
    1. From the data, plot graph for:
    a. Height of fall as a function of falling time
    b. Height of fall as a function of the square of falling time graph
    2. Using the height of fall as a function of the square of falling time graph, determine the
    gradient (slope) of the graph and calculate the value g.
    3. Calculate the value of uncertainties of g (∆ g )
    4. Calculate the percent difference between the value of g calculated in part (1) above (
    gexperiment ) and the standard value of gstandard =9.81 m/s 2. What is the percent error in
    this experimental value?
    5. Is there any experimental errors? Discuss.

    Discussion:
    In this experiment, we had determined the value of g based on the data that we recorded
    and plot it on graph. From the graph, we determined the value of g from the gradient.
    From this experiment, there are few errors that we had identified that were mess with our
    experiment result. Such as, the height of the ball that are not accurate because the
    struggle to hold the ball before we released it are not in meniscus.

    Conclusion:
    The functional relationship between height of fall and falling time due to gravity are
    gained.

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