Procedure Of The Experiment #1
1- AC adapter connected to power jack on the control box.
2- One of the timer switch plugs connected to the photogate port on the control box.
3- Included cable used to connect signal to drop box jack on the control box to control
box jack on the drop box.
4- Active/inactive switch on the control box set to active.
5- Time-of-flight pad placed directly below the drop box.
6- The first ball(yellow ball) hanged from the drop box magnet.
7- Xplorer GLX set as timing device.
8- The object suspended to the drop box to height of 1.5 meters.
9- The object released from the drop box 3 times.
10- Fall times were measured.
Each step repeated with large hallow plastic ball. And this data obtained.
Height: 1.5 meters
.Yellow Nylon Ball
Large Hallow Plastic Ball
t1 (s)
0,562 s
0,566 s
t2 (s)
0,554 s
0,600 s
t3 (s)
0,556 s
0,567 s
tave (s)
0,557 s
0,578 s
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