Newton’s Second Law Pre-Lab
Acceleration vs. Mass with constant Force

Open the Data Studio file Newton’s Second Law.

Keep the force constant by placing 95 g = 0.095 kg onto the mass hanger which
with the 5 g = 0.005 kg mass hanger is a total hanging mass of 100. g = 0.100 kg
and leave it there for this half of the lab.

Start your first trial without any masses in the cart. Then change the System
Mass in 200. g = 0.200 kg increments by placing masses on the cart.
Newton’s Second Law Pre-Lab
Acceleration vs. Mass with constant Force
To calculate the System Mass:
System Mass = (
kg) + (
kg) + (0.100 kg)
Mass of cart
Added Mass
Total Hanging
on Cart
Mass
 Your graph of Acceleration vs. Mass will not be linear. You must linearize it by
modifying the mass by either squaring, square rooting, or inverting (1/mass). If
you are thinking, try to determine which relationship is represented before you
make your attempt to linearize … or you can guess and check !