Physics 1 Lab - Lab 7 Static and 2D Forces

General Equipment

"Traffic Light" Problem

  • 1 Force probe
  • 1 USBLink
  • 2 table poles
  • 3 right-angle clamps, 2 short poles and 1 short pulley pole
  • 1 single pulley
  • 1 box mass
  • 1 protractor

 

Caution:

To make accurate reading, make sure that the system is aligned so that if you take a side view, all the strings are in one plane as shown, thus the string is not "twisted" around the top pulley.

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