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From The Physics Classroom's Physics Interactive http://www.physicsclassroom.com Force Interactive Frictionless Situations Purpose: The'purpose of this activity is to inv-estigate the variables that affect the acceleration of un o61".i and the manner in which those variables affect the acceleration' Background: Wheiforces are unbalanced, objects accelerate. But what exacfly affects the acceleration of the object? You will explore *ris question by^running a collection of .simulations in the absence of friction. Set the friction value to 0.00 and run the following trials' Collect sufficient velocity-time information (fifth column) for determining the acceleration in the last column. Data: Trial Applied Force (N) Mass (ks) Net Force (N) -TeIoaity-time Information Acceleration (noisls) 1 10.0 2.0 low ( 3,0sec, l, OfeCFF) lSmlJ) 5,is, 2 20.0 2.0 0o rV (t .o s"cr-lon ls) ( g.o tect Sorls )_ lo */sI J 40.0 2.4 loN 'C( ttt,o,.rsec, sec, 0o8