Forces - Experiment 2 - Centripetal Action: What is the relationship between distance and force in circular motion?
Experiment 2
Centripetal Action: What is the relationship between distance and force in circular motion?
Purpose/Hypothesis
Centripetal force is any force that acts on an object at a right angle to its path of motion. The constant right angle force results in the object moving in a circular path. In this experiment, you will examine how altering the force and radius will affect the acceleration of an object. Radius is the distance from the center to the outer point of a circle. The object's mass will stay the same.
A piece of string will have a mass attached to one end and washers creating the force attached to the other end. You will first alter the radius, and then alter the force. For a more accurate measure of how many times the mass completes a circle or revolution, you will count how many times it revolves in 30 seconds. That...
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