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Intended for experimental study, physics laboratory, and the performance of physics experiments on: Statics. Mass, weight, and determination of the local value of g. Mass, a scalar quantity, and force, a vector quantity, and the vector that represents it. Measuring weights and masses. Table and graph. The simple machine called the fixed pulley. Identifying the driving force and the resisting force when using the fixed pulley. A simple machine called the movable pulley. Identifying the driving force and the resisting force in the use of the movable pulley. The composition and decomposition of coplanar, concurrent forces. Recognizing the forces acting at a given point in equilibrium. Modifying one of the components and determining the new resultant force at the equilibrium point. The conditions of equilibrium for a rigid body, Varignon's theorem. Checking the equilibrium conditions of a rigid body. Dynamics. Hooke's law in a helical spring. Measuring forces and the resulting variations in length in the spring. Creating a table and graph. Determining the spring constant of a helical spring. Series connection of helical springs. Parallel connection of helical springs. Wave motion. The laws of simple harmonic motion. The ideal simple pendulum. The elongation and amplitude in the pendulum's motion. The period and frequency as a function of the simple pendulum's amplitude. The small amplitude law. The law of masses and pendular substances. The pendulum length law. Conservation of energy. Work and energy exchanges in a oscillating mass-spring system. The work done by a force as a function of the displacement experienced by the body, etc. Note: Does not include a manual timer.