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Armaan Israni
Ms.Cohen
CP Physics
25 October 2015
Velocity of Car Going Down Track
Controls:

Incline
Weight
Ramp
Car
Ticker Tape

As an object travels down an incline ramp, the car will accelerate. After experimenting to
confirm this claim, students changed one variable to determine how that given variable would
alter the acceleration of the car. Our group claimed that increasing the mass of the car would
result in similar data and therefore, not affect the acceleration.
The evidence suggests that when the car started to move, the car in the first experiment
was faster than the car in the second experiment. The car in the second experiment will now be
called car 2. Car 2 was not far behind in the beginning. As shown in the data table car 2
traveled less distance in the beginning by only a couple centimeters. As both cars neared the end,
car 2 took the win by far. The speed of car 2 near the end was insane, the fastest velocity that car
2 produced was 594 cm/s. The controls in the experiment are the distance, which car is used, the
materials on the track ex: there was no water on the track.
As an object travels down an incline ramp, the object will accelerate. Our group claimed
that increasing the mass of the car will result in similar data and therefore, not affect the
acceleration. The first claim that the object will accelerate, in this case the car. That claim was
true. The car did accelerate as it went down on the inclined ramp, and the evidence proves it

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showing that the car gained velocity as it went down the track. In the second experiment we
claimed that increasing the mass of the car will result in similar data, therefore not affect the
acceleration. Based on our data in the beginning car 2 was slower than car 1 in terms of the
velocity. At .20 seconds car 1 had a velocity of 110 cm/s, and at .20 seconds car 2 had a velocity
of 84 cm/s which was way slower than car 1. When both cars were nearing the end of the track,
car 2 picked up the pace and accelerated more than car 1 by a lot. At .70 seconds car 1 was at a
velocity of 360 cm/s and at .70 seconds car 2 was at a velocity of 594 cm/s. These techniques are
used all the time when producing a new car. The car manufacturer is trying to reduce the mass of
the car by shaving off weight and making the dimensions smaller. The perfect example would be
from the 2012 Range Rover to the 2014 Range Rover. The mass was increased in the 2014 model
year and when that car was tested against the 2012 model with the same exact engine the 2014
model year came out faster. An example of that performance was the 0-60 mph test, in 2012 the
Range Rover the it took the car 7.3 seconds to reach 60 mph from 0 mph. In the 2014 Range
Rover, it took the car 5.7 seconds to reach 60 mph from 0 mph. Which means more force So our
claim for the second experiment did not turn out as well as we hoped. Our final finds is that the
car with more mass traveled faster than car 1 as time progressed. A principle that goes along with
this is the law inertia, it is when an object remains at rest and an object in motion remains in
motion at a constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force. And the
car did stay in motion in a straight line.The error in this project was human error.The human
error was the measuring of the ticker tape, as the measurements were exact but very close range
to the actual measurement of the ticker tape.

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Experiment 1
Time (sec)

Distance (cm)

Delta T

Delta X

Velocity

.05

.05

1.5

.05

1.5

30

.10

(1.5+2.8)=4.3

.05

2.8

56

.15

(4.3+4.2)=8.5

.05

4.2

84

.20

(8.5+5.5)=14

.05

5.5

110

.25

(14+6.3)=20.3

.05

6.3

126

.30

(20.3+7.45)=27.75

.05

7.45

149

.35

(27.75+9.25)=37

.05

9.25

185

.40

(37+9.75)=46.75

.05

9.75

195

.45

(46.75+11.5)+58.25

.05

11.5

230

.50

(58.25+12.5)=70.75

.05

12.5

250

.55

(70.75+13.5)=84.25

.05

13.5

270

.60

(84.25+15)+99.25

.05

15

300

.65

(99.25+32)=131.25

.05

32

640

.70

(131.25+18)=149.25

.05

18

360

Time (sec)

Distance (cm)

Delta T

Delta X

Velocity

.05

.05

20

.10

(1+2)=3

.05

40

.15

(3+3.25)=6.25

.05

3.25

65

.20

(6.25+4.35)=10.6

.05

4.35

87

.25

(10.6+5.5)=16.1

.05

5.5

110

.30

(16.1+6.6)=22.7

.05

6.6

132

.35

(22.7+7.7)=30.4

.05

7.7

154

Experiment 2

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.40

(30.4+8.75)=39.15

.05

8.75

175

.45

(39.15+18.4)=57.55

.05

18.4

368

.50

(57.55+29.4)=86.95

.05

29.4

588

.55

(86.95+12.3)=98.95

.05

12.3

246

.60

(98.95+25.5)=124.45

.05

25.5

510

.65

(124.45+13.1)=137.55

.05

13.1

262

.70

(137.55+29.7)=167.25

.05

29.7

594