Constants mass (g)

g 9.81 10.72
m+M 232 16.04
Length of cart (mm) d 100 21.1
Distance between light gates (mm) D 300 26.07
31.21

36.331
41.432
46.533
51.634
t1 (ms) t2 (ms) v1 (m/s) v2 (m/s) acceleration (m/s^2) Force
395.4 216.5 0.253 0.462 0.249 2.67
283.6 167.8 0.353 0.596 0.385 6.17
253.5 145.5 0.394 0.687 0.528 11.14
222.1 129.6 0.450 0.772 0.654 17.06
202.1 116.8 0.495 0.856 0.814 25.39

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0.900

0.800
f(x) = 0.0274244971105963 x − 0.0507526217863012

0.700

0.600
acceleration ms^-2

0.500

0.400

0.300

0.200

0.100

0.000
5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00

Mass (g)

Force
30.00

25.00
f(x) = 40.3671707072698 x − 8.74368107523904
20.00

15.00

10.00

5.00

0.00
0.200 0.300 0.400 0.500 0.600 0.700 0.800 0.900
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10.00

5.00

0.00
0.200 0.300 0.400 0.500 0.600 0.700 0.800 0.900
d acceleration

3012

25.00 30.00 35.00