Vector Lab - Georgetown High School



Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

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7.

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10.

11.

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15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part I

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: Compass, protractor, measuring tape

Procedure:

1. Mark your starting point.

2. Follow your directions exactly as printed below using your compass, protractor and measuring tape.

3. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

Directions:

• Head off 40° north of east for 5.0 m.

• Go straight north for 5.0 m.

• Go 45° north of west for 10.9 m.

• Go straight west for 3.8 m.

• Head 21.5° north of west for 6.8 m.

• Go straight east for 14.0 m.

• Head straight south for 7.0 m.

• You made it!

Final Displacement:

______________________ meters @ ___________________________ (angle)

Physics Lab #5

Vector Lab: Part II

As a group, please answer questions on your own sheet of paper.

Do not write on the class set of instructions.

Purpose: To understand the concept and underlying rules of vector addition.

Materials: graph paper, pencil, protractor

Procedure:

1. Label your graph paper as shown below. Use the instructions from Part I to draw the vectors indicated.

2. The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and three squares from the left. North is up.

3. One meter is equal to one centimeter on the paper.

4. All endpoints should land on a cross point on the graph paper.

5. When you get to your final destination, find your displacement (both the magnitude and the direction from where you started).

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

Analysis:

Calculate the % difference (error) between the value you got for your displacement outside (Part I) and the displacement found on the graph paper (Part II). Be sure to decide which you think is your “true” value and which is “observed.”

│True-Observed│/True x 100 = % Error

Conclusion:

Did your results turn out like you thought they would? Why or why not? What might have been some sources of error in this experiment? Which method do you think provides a more accurate final answer? Why? Did you discover anything about vector addition?

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Final Displacement ____Meters@_____Angle

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(The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and 3 squares from the left.)

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Final Displacement ____Meters@_____Angle

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(The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and 3 squares from the left.)

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Final Displacement ____Meters@_____Angle

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(The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and 3 squares from the left.)

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Final Displacement ____Meters@_____Angle

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(The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and 3 squares from the left.)

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Period

Final Displacement ____Meters@_____Angle

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(The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and 3 squares from the left.)

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Period

Final Displacement ____Meters@_____Angle

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(The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and 3 squares from the left.)

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Period

Final Displacement ____Meters@_____Angle

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(The starting point is 8 squares up from the bottom and 3 squares from the left.)

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