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PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
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ANALYSIS

Newtons 2 law of motion states that if a net external force acts on a body, the body accelerates. The direction is the same as that of the net force. Force can also be described by intuitive concepts such as a push or pull that can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (which includes beginning moving from a state of rest). The gravity of the earth causes the pulling force on any object (mass) near its surface. We use the cart and weighing hanger with mass in the experiment. By putting a mass in the hanger starting from 20g and increasing by 20g performing 5 trials and obtain values of time. The 2nd activity, the mass is changing while the net force is constant. Here, by adding 100g per trial. The last activity, the mass and net force is varying. The mass of the hanger is increasing by 20g and also the cart is increasing by 100g. The said experiment was found out that the Newtons 2nd law of motion tells us that the acceleration of the body is increasing when the net force is increasing and the mass is decreasing when the acceleration is increasing. I have told my group mates that if you were to place the cart at 0cm of the track, you will get more than 40% error. Percent errors we obtained are below 5%. This is mostly obtained in the starting (releasing) point of the dynamics cart. We should place the cart with the picket fences first black marking at exactly before 20cm where the first photogate is located, where the photogate will blink the instant the cart moves, so that the velocity will be 0.
CONCLUSION

Mass is often used interchangeably with weight. The two terms refer to different, yet related, properties of matter. Mass (inertial) of an object measured by its resistance to acceleration, while weight is the name given to the force on an object due to gravity. An object with a mass of 1kg will have a weight of 9.8N on surface of the Earth. Mass could exist without gravity. Thus, in outer space, one would be weightless, but not mass-less. In part 3, although greater mass was added to cart, net force still overcomes its resisting force. Thus, the acceleration is increasing. It is true using the equation a=m2gm1+m2, where m2 is the mass of the hanging mass showing direct proportionality of it with acceleration. When you apply an unbalanced force to the stationary object, its motion will change and will accelerate. The amount of acceleration depends upon the magnitude and direction of the unbalanced force and the mass of the object. The harder you push a body, the faster it moves. If you increase the force, the acceleration, becomes greater. This assumes that you change the force acting on a body while keeping its mass constant. Should you use the same force to push an object more massive than the original object; the rate of change in velocity will be less. This means that the greater the mass of the object, the smaller its acceleration will be. This assumes that you change only the mass of the body, while keeping the applied force constant.