Results and Discussion

Table 1, Part 1, Determining the Force, Work, and Power of the Fan Cart
Force of the Fan Cart = weight of pan + weight added 0.343 N
Trial Displacement Time Work Power
1 0.4 m 0.5722 s 0.1372 J 0.2398 Watts
2 0.45 m 0.6297 s 0.1544 J 0.2451 Watts
3 0.5 m 0.7319 s 0.1715 J 0.2343 Watts
4 0.55 m 0.8346 s 0.1887 J 0.2260 Watts
The table above shows the results we get during the experiment where we were asked to get the time
of travel of fan cart in various displacements. As we can on the table 1, as the displacement or distance is
increasing per trial, its time of travel is also increasing because of its constant speed all throughout of this part.
We can observe also that work done by the fan cart is increasing regardless of the speed of the fan cart because
work is only concern on the force exerted by the cart and the displacement on which the cart has traveled.
According to the equation of work, which is W =FS (1), W is the work done, F is the force applied, and

S is the displacement covered by the force. By solving for work, 0.1372 J =0.4 m0.343 N . This
equation tells us that the work is directly proportional to both of force and displacement.
Power is rate of work in a certain time. It means that it is the rate of work per unit time or the change
W
in work. For the formula of power,
P=
T (2), where P is the power produce by the cart, W is the work of
the cart, and T is the time covered by the travel of the cart. As we apply the data we obtain during the
experiment, where the work is 0.1372 J and time to be 0.5722 s, we can obtain power by using the formula for
0.1372 J
power, that is
=0.2398 Watts . Watts is the unit for power.
0.5722 s

Table 2, Part 2, Work by a Force on a Curved Path

Length of String 0.275 m Weight of mass 4.9 N Initial 0.065 m
Height
Trial Force Final Increase Angle Displacemen Work Gravitationa
Height in Height t l Potential
Energy
41
1 5.1 N 11.5 m 0.05 m 0.125 m 0.3305 J 0.245 J

57
2 8.2 N 15.5 m 0.09 m 0.17 m 0.6136 J 0.441 J

40
3 4.8 N 10.5 m 0.04 m 0.11 m 0.3152 J 0.196 J

53
4 7.2 N 13.5 m 0.07 m 0.155 m 0.5365 J 0.343 J

In this part of the experiment, we observe the behavior of energy of an object from one point to
another point. The energy that is being concerned is the gravitational potential energy. As the statement of the
law of conservation of energy is concerned, energy is neither created nor destroyed but can change or
transform into another form. In this part of the experiment, gravitational energy is concern because the law
states that there is different potential energy in different elevation. As we observe in the experiment, the
gravitational potential energy of the object is higher at higher elevations so as its work done because when an
object tends to go to a higher or upper places like buildings or towers, the force of gravity is weaker from the
gravity when the object is on the ground. This means that to hold the same amount of gravity from higher point
from the ground, we need gravitational potential energy to make the object stationary at that particular point.
To understand how work and gravitational potential energy is related to each other, we can solve for
work done on the object by this formula, W =wL ( 1cos ) ( 3 ) , where W is the work done, w is the

weight of the object, L is the length of the string, and is the angle between the direction of the force and
the ground. When we plug in the data we gathered during the experiment, that is
( 0.275 m )( 4.9 N ) [ 1cos ( 41 ) ]=0.3305 J . As for getting the gravitational potential energy of the

object, the formula for gravitational potential energy is GPE=mgh (4) , where GPE is the gravitational
potential energy, m is the mass of the object, g is the gravity constant, and h is the elevation or height. By using
the data on the table above, we can solve for GPE using the formula, which is ( 4.9 N ) ( 0.05 m ) =0.245 J .
The work in this part is the required force to pull or push the object upwards and the gravitational energy is the
energy stored in the object at that elevation.
Conclusions
On the first part of the experiment, we have proved that work is the dot product of force and
displacement because as the force applied is on the positive direction, we produce positive work. Also, we
have shown that the work done is increasing as the displacement increases in each trial. In table 1, each work
done corresponds to the distance covered and time of traveled. We can say that the time, work done, and
displacement are directly proportional to each other. In terms of power, the power in the table 1 is showing
significant difference from each other because of their respective work done and time. Power is the rate of
work of the fan cart over a period of time. One example of this is the power of trial 1 which is 0.2398 Watts.
We could also tell that the fan cart have a work of 0.1372 J over a period of 0.5722 s.

On the second part of the experiment, we work on work by a force through a curved or circular path.
We can conclude that gravitational energy and work done on the object is directly proportional whether it is
increasing or decreasing. We proved that by comparing trial 2 to trial 3. In trial 3, having an increase in height
of 0.04 m, which is smaller compare to 0.09 m of trial 2. The force applied on the object in trial 3 is 4.8 N,
where it is smaller to force of trial 2 which is 8.2 N. It means that the work done on the object and the
gravitational potential energy of trial 2 is larger than of the work done on the object and gravitational potential
energy of trial 3.

We have errors in the experiment like having a huge significant difference on reading the data like the
length of displacements. The data we obtain can be treated as the true value or the correct data during the
experiment because we have checked thoroughly the calculations and repeat some parts of the experiment to
make the data more accurate. The only error we encounter is inaccurate reading of measurements improper
usage of materials like having reference points where that will be the place where you start your reading. I
would recommend that reading such measurement must rely to a person having a sharp eye for reading the
measurements so that it is not time consuming on such part of the experiment. Also, I would recommend that
the proper usage of apparatuses is a must in order to prevent damage and to shorten the time of conducting the
experiment.

References
http://ww2.odu.edu/~jdudek/Phys111N_materials/5_work_energy.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/science/energy
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/index.htm