Pasco ME-6855 Tension Protractor User Manual

®Instruction Manual andExperiment Guide012-10381ATension ProtractorME-6855

®Tension Protractor Experiment 2: Boom in Static Equilibrium8Requirement #1 also implies that the sum of the force components in the x- and y-directi

®Tension Protractor Experiment 2: Boom in Static Equilibrium96. Clamp the Tension Protractor near the top of the vertical rod.7. Zero the force scale

®Tension Protractor Experiment 2: Boom in Static Equilibrium103. Compare the total clockwise torque to the total counterclockwise torque by calculat-

®Tension Protractor Additional Experiment Suggestion: Hanging a Level Sign11Additional Experiment Suggestion: Hanging a Level SignUsing a set-up simil

®Table of ContentsiiIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tension ProtractorME-6855®1 Figure 1: Front viewIncluded Parts• Tension Protractor• String, 15 cm• Wire hookOther Parts Recommended• 90 cm Steel Rod (

®Tension Protractor Set-up2inner red scale as indicated by the red pointer. The force scale measures from 0.0 N to 10.0 N in 0.1 increments. The forc

®Tension Protractor String Replacement3String ReplacementThe Tension Protractor is designed for use with Braided Physics String (PASCO part SE-8050).

®Tension Protractor Experiment 1: Static Equilibrium with Unequal Angles4Experiment 1: Static Equilibrium with Unequal AnglesPurpose The purpose of th

®Tension Protractor Experiment 1: Static Equilibrium with Unequal Angles5Similarly, Equation 1-3 yields(eq. 1-8)(eq. 1-9)Or, the sum of the magnitude

®Tension Protractor Experiment 1: Static Equilibrium with Unequal Angles66. Remove the hooked mass and use a balance to find its exact mass. Record it

®Tension Protractor Experiment 2: Boom in Static Equilibrium7Experiment 2: Boom in Static EquilibriumPurposeThe purpose of this experiment is to exami