PURPOSE: To measure acceleration using two different procedures.
DESCRIPTION: The acceleration of the dynamics cart is measured using a computer data acquisition system and motion sensor. The output is a graph of the cart's acceleration from which you can do averaging, curvefitting, etc.
SUGGESTIONS:
EQUIPMENT: Dynamics track, Dynamics carts, Data acquisition system, Pulley, and Masses
SETUP TIME: 10 min.
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