In this lab you will use a cart and a track to explore Newton’s second law of motion. You will vary two differ

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In this lab you will use a cart and a track to explore Newton’s second law of motion. You will vary two different variables and determine how each one affects how quickly the cart moves along the track. In the space below, write a scientific question that you can answer by doing this experiment.

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How do the net applied force and the total mass of a cart affect the cart’s acceleration along a track?

(Independent variables you can vary: the applied force — e.g., by changing the hanging mass on a pulley — and the cart’s mass. Dependent variable: acceleration or the time it takes to travel a fixed distance.)

In this lab you will use a cart and a track to explore Newton’s second law of motion. You will vary two different variables and determine how each one affects how quickly the cart moves along the track. In the space below, write a scientific question that you can answer by doing this experiment.

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