UBFPM challenge

UFPM Challenge

In this challenge, we were supposed to calculate the time that it would take a 50g hanger to drop from a table when it was being held back by a cart with a weight on it, and with this time calculate how far, cart with constant velocity would travel. and after calculating it we were supposed to make the mass land on top of the cart.

during this challenge we were not allowed to drom the mass until the moment of testing our prediction, but we were allowed to do trials with the constant velocity cart.

Data Collected

Mass of the system=0.6kg

Mass of weight=0.5kg

a=Fnet/M

a=0.5/0.6

a=0.833m/s^2

x=1/2at^2+vit

x=0.78

0.78=1/2(0.833)t^2

t=1.37sec

V=x/t

0.27=x/1.37

x=0.37m

Cart has to be 0.37m away from place of drop

Our prediction was made by calculating the acceleration of the hanger and then calculating how lon it would take it using the equation x=1/2at^2+vit and after that calculating how long the car would travel in that time.

we were exact on our prediction making the hanger land on the cart on our 2nd attempt.