acceleration down a ramp with friction
OBJECTIVE: To study the motion of an object traveling up and down a ramp in the absence of friction and drag forces. To measure the acceleration of such an object and see how the acceleration depends on the ramp angle.THEORY: If an object falls straight down and air resistance is small, we found in the last experiment that it accelerates down at 9.8 m/s2.an you think of different ways that the acceleration, a, might depend on the angle, ï±ï¿ï ï Remember that we do expect. a = 0 m/s2 at ï±ï ï½ï 0o and a = 9.8 m/s2 at ï±ï ï½ï 90o. a(() = ??? In this experiment we will try to come up with an empirical (based on experimental data rather than theory) relationship for a(()ï©.