At your station will be a table of travel distance and the time a cart took to t

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At your station will be a table of travel distance and the time a cart took to travel those distances. The cart is initially at rest. The overall goal will be to determine the cart's acceleration. Plot the data in such a way that: (Anything else is wrong!):

a) The position is the independent variable, and plotted on the horizontal axis

b) The acceleration is inversely proportional to the slope

c) The resulting plot is a straight line (Start with x = 1/2at2 and use algebra)

QUESTIONS:

1) What is plotted on the horizontal axis?

2) What is plotted on the vertical axis?

3) Graph the data.

4) From the graph in question 3, determine the cart's acceleration in meters per second2. SHOW YOUR WORK

Explanation / Answer

1)position

2)square of time

3) slope = 2/a

Plot the data and equate slope to 2/a

We will get acceleration

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