Friday 6 Nov:

Lab: Acceleration of Carts

Question: Can the acceleration of a cart be found using 50g, 100g & 150g forces?

Background info:

Hypothesis: Using the forces (0.5N, 1.0N, & 1.5N) ) on the cart & mass system, the acceleration of the cart & mass system will be:

 a)_____  for the 0.5N force;

b) _____  for the 1.0N force;

c) _____  for the 1.5N force;

because ....

Material: (Yours)

Procedures: (Yours)

Data:   (Yours)

Record for each of the 3 forces used:

 1. Final Velocity (V₂) from photo gates

Note: V₂ = .05m/photo-gate time(t₁)

 2. Time (t₂) it took the cart to traveled to the photo-gate.

(see #1 above)

• Use formula to find acceleration:

  acceleration = DV/t  (i.e., V₂-V₁/ t₂ time of cart run)

(Must have a graph of force vs acceleration for)

Conclusion:   (Yours)