MALAYSIAN POLYTECHNIC

MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND COMPUTER DEPARTMENT

BB101 - ENGINEERING SCIENCE
LAB REPORT

EXPERIMENT 2
NAME

MATRIX NO

GROUP
MEMBERS

TITLE
LECTURER S
NAME
(TO BE FILLED UP BY LECTURER)
DATE OF SUBMISSION
LECTURERS
COMMENTS
RUBRIC
ITEM

MARKS
4

1.

Procedures

2.

Participation

3.

Diagrams

4.

Data

5.

Calculations

6.

Analysis

7.

Error Analysis

8.

Questions

9.

Conclusion

10.

Submission Date
TOTAL

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LINEAR MOTION

OBJECTIVES
1.
To analyze linear motion of a moving object.
2.
To determine displacement, velocity and acceleration of a linear motion.
INFERENCE
1.
Linear motion is a motion along a straight line.
2.
Velocity is uniform when acceleration is zero and non-uniform when acceleration is
non zero.
HYPOTHESIS
1.
Velocity is speed in a given direction.
2.
Acceleration is the increase of velocity over a period of time.
3.
Deceleration is the decrease of velocity over a period of time.

APPARATUS
1.
Ticker timer
2.
Carbonized ticker tape
3.
Runway
4.
Power supply
5.
Trolley

-1
-1
-1
-1
-1

6.
7.
8.

Jumper wire
Ruler
Lab jack/clamp

-2
-1
-1

PROCEDURES
1.
Set up apparatus as in Figure 1.
2.
The runway is inclined about 1m 2m, so that the trolley will roll down freely from rest
without any applied force.
3.
Attach the ticker tape to the trolley using cellophane tape.
4.
Switch on the ticker timer and release the trolley freely.

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ANALYSING THE DATA

1.
2.

Mark and number every 10th dot as Figure 2.

Cut and paste ticker tape into 10-dot strips on the graph paper as Figure 3.

Note:
1.
Frequency of ticker-timer is 50Hz. Therefore, 1 dot or 1 unit time represents 1/50
seconds or 0.02 second.
2.
Time for 10 dots = 10 dots x 0.02 seconds = 0.2 seconds

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RESULT

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ANALYSIS
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ERROR ANALYSIS

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QUESTION
1. Is there any difference in the value of average velocity between Result 4 and 6? Explain
your answer.

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CONCLUSION

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