my fourth quarter project is that i have to build a physics apparatus. it can be a model but i think my teacher prefers it if the apparatus i build actually performs the task it's supposed to. I've been researching but i can't find any good ideas. building a circuit is an obvious choice but its...
This was an exact quotation: "how can the weight of the meterstick be canceled out in future experiments?" By future experiments, i think she means doing the experiment again with a different meter stick that would have a different mass.
tBut, still the question doesn't really make sense...
the way the question is worded is odd. The weight is the force, and I'm basically using three equations to get to the mass of the meter stick. However, i don't need to use the middle equation because it's just extra work and that is the equation that has the force of Earth on the meterstick. Is...
So, i did a lab where we find the center of mass of a meter stick and then move the pivot point away from the CM and then add masses to bring it to equilibrium again. By finding the torque of the hanging mass, using the formula "Torque of hanging mass = Fh (Dist hanger to pivot)" we also find...