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A. How could you calculate the amount of work you do as you set the spring on your car?  Describe the process and give the equation you would use.

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A. How could you calculate the amount of work you do as you set the spring on your car?  Describe the process and give the equation you would use.

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The equation we would use is: W=fd. you calculate how much force you added to set the spring and then calculate the distance the spring travels.Then, multiply them by each other to figure out how much work you did on the spring.

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B. If the average amount of force needed to set the spring was _5.67_ N, and the circumference of ¼ of a turn of the mousetrap was .0825 m, how much work did you do?

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B. If the average amount of force needed to set the spring was _5.67_ N, and the circumference of ¼ of a turn of the mousetrap was .0825 m, how much work did you do?

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We did 0.17J(joules) of work on the mousetrap car, because W=fd.

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C. How could you determine the amount of energy stored in the spring?

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C. How could you determine the amount of energy stored in the spring?

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Use the equation used to calculate work, so multiply force by distance, and you will get the amount of work done.

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D. If your mouse trap car had a mass of ____ Kg, and all of the energy stored in the spring  was converted to kinetic energy how fast would it go.  Show the equation you would used, then find the speed of the car.

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D. If your mouse trap car had a mass of ____ Kg, and all of the energy stored in the spring  was converted to kinetic energy how fast would it go.  Show the equation you would used, then find the speed of the car.

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we did not weigh the mouse trap car so we don't know how to calculate the car's speed at all but we know that we can calculate it by doing V= √2KE/mg

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E. We know that in a friction free environment, if this car was to drive up a ramp, all of the kinetic energy it had would be converted into potential energy.  How high up a ramp would your car go if it encountered this ramp.

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E. We know that in a friction free environment, if this car was to drive up a ramp, all of the kinetic energy it had would be converted into potential energy.  How high up a ramp would your car go if it encountered this ramp.

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Our car would not be able to go up the ramp, because it was not functional, it only traveled a little over 1/4 of a meter.

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 4.) How did you minimize friction in your car?

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 4.) How did you minimize friction in your car?

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We applied distasteful amounts of duct tape to the dowel that controlled the record/vinyl wheels, and also on the wheels themselves to create more friction.

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3.) How does the ratio of the diameter of the wheel and axle affect the distance you car goes?

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3.) How does the ratio of the diameter of the wheel and axle affect the distance you car goes?

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If the car had bigger wheels and a bigger frame, then it's going to be heavier, therefore it's going to affect the lever since there will not be enough force to pull the mousetrap.

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5.) Did your car achieve the maximum speed calculated in question 1d?

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5.) Did your car achieve the maximum speed calculated in question 1d?

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No, it would not travel past 1 half of a meter, because there was too much friction, all around. It was also way too heavy for the trap to pull on the back wheels.

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2.)What did you do to make sure that your car traveled in a straight line?

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2.)What did you do to make sure that your car traveled in a straight line?

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we tried to make spacers that were equal distant from each side, and placed them where the wheels would fit and also still move and keep in a straight line.

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6.)  If you car did not achieve the maximum speed calculated in question 1d, hypothesize where that energy went.

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6.)  If you car did not achieve the maximum speed calculated in question 1d, hypothesize where that energy went.

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The potential energy is supposed turn into kinetic and thermal energy. However, ours didn't do that, and instead was held back from the amount of friction and weight added onto the vehicle.The energy was lost and transferred into thermal energy.