General Motors was founded in September of 1908 by William Durant during a time that there were less than 8‚000 in the United States. Durant was already known in Flint‚ Michigan for his horse drawn vehicles. “At its inception GM held only the Buick Motor Company‚ but in a matter of years would acquire more than 20 companies including Oldsmobile‚ Cadillac‚ and Oakland‚ today known as Pontiac.”(History & Heritage-Creation‚” 2014) General Motors set the tone in the automobile industry with design
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Sample Formal Laboratory Report for Physics on the Picket Fence Lab (CP) without the parachute Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to verify the acceleration due to gravity using the picket fence with a photogate‚ LabPro and LoggerPro software by measuring it with a precision of 0.5% or better. Theory: All objects‚ regardless of mass‚ fall with the same acceleration due to gravity assuming that there is no air resistance. Objects thrown upward or downward and those released from
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Cavendish and the Value of G The law of universal gravitation states that the gravitational attraction amongst two objects is directly proportionate to their masses times each other and inversely proportional to the distance between the centers squared. This law looks like: In this very equation‚ G represents the universal gravitation constant. This constant was not set in stone until Lord Henry Cavendish came across and experimentally determined the value of G using a torsion balance. Cavendish’s
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Projectile Motion PHYS111 Formal Report 2 University of Canterbury Campbell Moulder Abstract The force of gravity is said to be a constant of 9.81 ms-2 (3). This can be proved by measuring the projectile motion of a bouncy ball and plotting a ∆Vertical Velocity vs. Time graph‚ the gradient of which should equal the constant force (acceleration due to) of gravity. Our gradient value of 10.26±0.49 ms-2 is consistent with the actual value of 9.81 ms-2. Introduction A projectile is an
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The purpose of this experiment is to measure acceleration on a freely falling object assuming the only force acting on the object is gravitational force. Theory All dense objects in free fall have the same acceleration‚ which is known as the acceleration due to gravity. The value of acceleration due to gravity is approximately 9.80 m/s2. In this experiment‚ a vertical stand with an electromagnet at the top for holding and then releasing of the falling body‚ called the plummet. The plummet
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Free fall and the acceleration due to gravity Problem/Question: How do you measure the acceleration of a falling object? Hypothesis: by measuring velocities of a falling ball then applying the data into equations numerous times‚ the results should approach to the acceleration. Variables: A: Independent Velocity B:Dependant Acceleration C:Constant Distance (photo gates) Materials: Photo gates‚ Clay ball‚ Photo gates machine.
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Physics In Our Everyday Life Physics is not something that only knowledgeable scientist think about because physics coincides with our everyday life. They consist of energy‚ kinetic energy‚ potential energy‚ conservation of energy‚ velocity‚ acceleration‚ mass‚ force‚ and gravity. Fist there is energy. You need to go to bed early so you will have energy in the morning to go to school. Energy gives you the e ability to do work. Energy is everywhere in nature‚ sunlight wind‚ water
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Science does not as yet have a full understanding of the universe. However‚ it is suggested that with increased technology and theoretical advance‚ it may be only decades before this is achieved. Do you agree this is possible? What might be the consequences? Science is‚ at its heart‚ a quest; a quest whose goal is to create an understanding of the universe. In effect‚ science attempts to quantify reality. It does this in many ways; through experimentation and observation‚ through theorizing and
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Term paper outline-Death of stars http://www.space.com/6638-supernova.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution Abstract (summar of paper) When observing a star‚ the lager it is the shorter its life is going to be. The smaller it is the longer the life. Shorter life is not saying much though‚ as the most massive stars live for billions of years. When a star reaches about middle age‚ it starts fusing hydrogen into helium. Once it has run out of usable hydrogen that it can convert
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Introduction "Gravity is a force of attraction that exists between any two masses‚ any two bodies‚ any two particles. Gravity is not just the attraction between objects and the Earth. It is the attraction that exists between all objects". (NASA gravity 2000) Gravity is a very essential part of life on earth. We are in the exact position in the sun’s gravitational field to keep us in orbit and keep life ongoing on our planet. Gravity is a downward force on any body of mass‚ the larger the mass of
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