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Mass m
(g)
[mass of
red ball]

# of
Calculated
washers
Fc (N)
used

Radius
r (m)

Velocity
V (m/s)

Period
T (s)

Frequency
f (Hz)

Trial #1

9.98g

0.300664

0.69

5.91459

0.733

1.364

Trial #1

9.98g

0.300664

0.59

5.37258

0.690

1.449

Trial #1

9.98g

0.300664

0.73

5.65564

0.811

1.233

Trial #1

9.98g

0.300664

0.67

5.15267

0.817

1.224

Trial #1

9.98g

0.300664

0.71

5.59731

0.797

1.255

AVERAGE
#1

9.98g

0.300664

0.678

5.53534

0.7696

1.299

Trial #2

9.98g

10

0.59976

0.6

7.09964

0.531

1.883

Trial #2

9.98g

10

0.59976

0.41

6.09009

0.423

2.364

Trial #2

9.98g

10

0.59976

0.47

5.34981

0.552

1.812

Trial #2

9.98g

10

0.59976

0.34

4.54528

0.47

2.128

Trial #2

9.98g

10

0.59976

0.32

4.60096

0.437

2.288

AVERAGE
#2

9.98g

10

0.59976

0.428

5.57232

0.4826

2.072

Trial #3

9.98g

15

0.919436

0.37

5.13196

0.453

2.208

Trial #3

9.98g

15

0.919436

0.31

4.57227

0.426

2.347

Trial #3

9.98g

15

0.919436

0.385

4.62529

0.523

1.912

Trial #3

9.98g

15

0.919436

0.375

4.87825

0.483

2.070

Trial #3

9.98g

15

0.919436

0.42

6.51589

0.405

2.469

AVERAGE
#3

9.98g

15

0.919436

0.372

5.10337

0.458

2.183

Trial #4

9.98g

20

1.2311642

0.44

6.21259

0.445

2.247

Trial #4

9.98g

20

1.2311642

0.52

7.52824

0.434

2.304

Trial #4

9.98g

20

1.2311642

0.33

5.85721

0.354

2.825

Trial #4

9.98g

20

1.2311642

0.65

7.39868

0.552

1.812

Trial #4

9.98g

20

1.2311642

0.55

8.28717

0.417

2.398

AVERAGE
#4

9.98g

20

1.2311642

0.492

7.11631

0.4344

2.302

Circular Motion Lab

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Observations:
1) Centripetal Force vs Velocity
Trial
1
2
3

Fc
Log (Fc)
0.30128 -0.52103271
0.60037 -0.22157957
0.92037 -0.03603556
0.09031597
4 1.23116
9

V
Log (V)
5.535 0.74311763
5.572 0.74601111
5.103 0.70782557
7.116 0.85223594

Centripetal Force vs Velocity

1.5
1
Centripetal Force (N)

f(x) = 0.29x - 0.9

0.5
0
5

5.5

6.5

7.5

Velocity (m/s)

This graphs shape is linear and moving in the positive direction, meaning that as the velocity
increases, the centripetal force increases.

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Log (Centripetal Force) vs Log (Velocity)

Log Centripetal Force

0.2
0.1
0
-0.10.7
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.5
-0.6

f(x)
1.72 0.78
0.72= 2.03x
0.74 -0.76

0.8

0.82 0.84 0.86

Log Velocity

The relationship between the logs of centripetal force and velocity is: y = (1.9 *10-2) x2.0265
2) Centripetal Force vs Period (Time)
Trial Fc

Log (Fc)

1 0.30128

-0.52103271

2 0.60037

-0.22157957

3 0.92037

-0.03603556

4 1.23116 0.090315979

T
0.769
6
0.482
6
0.458
0.434
4

Log (T)
-0.11373494
-0.31641268
-0.33913452
-0.36211018

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Centripetal Force vs Period

1.4
1.2
1
0.8
Centripetal Force (N)

f(x) = - 2.15x + 1.92

0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0.4

0.45

0.5

0.55

0.6

0.65

0.7

0.75

0.8

Period (s)

The graphs shape is linear and moving in the negative direction, meaning that as the period
increases, the centripetal force decreases.

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Log (Centripetal Force) vs Log (Period)

0.2
0.1
-0.5

-0.4

f(x) -0.3
= - 2.19x --0.2
0.79

Log Centripetal Force

0
-0.1

-0.1 0
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.5
-0.6

Log Period

The relationship between the logs of centripetal force and period is: y = (0.16) x-2.1902
Centripetal Force vs Frequency
Trial
1
2
3
4

Fc
Log (Fc)
f
Log (f)
0.30128 -0.52103271 1.299 0.113609151
0.60037 -0.22157957 2.072 0.316389751
0.92037 -0.03603556 2.183 0.339053736
1.23116 0.090315979 2.302 0.362105319

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Centripetal Force vs Frequency

1.4
1.2
1
0.8

Centripetal Force (N)

f(x) = 0.78x - 0.77

0.6
0.4
0.2
0
1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

Frequency (Hz)

The graphs shape is linear and moving in the positive direction, meaning that as frequency
increases, the centripetal force increases as well.

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Log (Centripetal Force) vs Log (Frequency)

0.2
0.1
0

2.19x - 0.79
0.1 f(x) = 0.2
0.3

-0.1 0
Log Centripetal Force

0.4

0.5

-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.5
-0.6
Log Frequency

The relationship between the logs of centripetal force and frequency is: y = (0.19) x2.1894
Centripetal Force vs Radius
Trial
1
2
3
4

Fc
Log (Fc)
R
0.30128 -0.52103271 0.678
0.60037 -0.22157957 0.428
0.92037 -0.03603556 0.372
1.23116 0.090315979 0.492

Log (R)
-0.168770306
-0.368556231
-0.42945706
-0.308034897

Centripital Force vs Radius

1.4
1.2
1
0.8

f(x) = - 1.78x + 1.64

Centripetal Force (N) 0.6

0.4
0.2
0
0.35

0.4

0.45

0.5

0.55

0.6

0.65

0.7

Radius (m)

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Log (Centripital Force) vs Log (Radius)

0.2
0.1
f(x) = - 1.66x - 0.7
-0.45 -0.4 -0.35 -0.3 -0.25
Log Centripetal Force

0
-0.2-0.1
-0.15
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.5
-0.6

Log Radius

The graphs shape is

linear and moving in the negative direction, meaning that as the radius increases, the centripetal force
decreases.

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The relationship between the logs of centripetal force and radius is: y = (0.199) x-1.6634
3) During the course of the lab, there was a lot of possibility for errors. The most prominent one

included the spinning of the ball along the horizontal plane, as there was it was quite possible that
the ball was not being spun exactly horizontal; rather at an angle. This error caused us to have faulty
results for the radius, resulting in all the other calculations becoming skewed. Furthermore, another
error that could occurred is the error in measuring the radius as the person who is spinning the ball
may not stop the string at the proper spot and the one who measured the radius may not have
carefully placed the meter stick. Moreover, there was an error related to the reaction time, since the
person who was measuring the time could not have possibly stopped the timer at the exact moment
at which 10 circulations were complete; due to the fact that it is virtually impossible to have a
perfect reaction time. Another error that can be noted is when we rounded the time and radius to 3
decimal places; meaning that when we calculated velocity, the calculation would be more and more
off from the exact value.