Acceleration and mass
Instruction:
Drag the hand to pull the trolley down the runway with different no. of mass bars added to the trolley. Press <Plot graph> to plot a graph of
a
against
1
m
. Find the relationship between acceleration
a
and mass
m
.
No. of mass bars added
0
0
1
2
3
With error
Next trial
Reset
motion sensor
friction-compensated runway
Display of the data-logging program
velocity (m/s)
time (s)
1.0
0.5
0
1
2
3
4
5
Total mass of
trolley
m
/ kg
1
m
/ kg
−1
a
/ m s
−2
Plot graph
Show experiment
a
against
1
m
a
/ m s
−2
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
1
m
/ kg
−1