- Can be defined as a=f/m
- This is the same as a=f*/(1/m)
- Describes the relationship between acceleration and mass and the relationship between acceleration and force
- Force is directly proportional to acceleration
- This means that as force goes up acceleration goes up
- Mass is indirectly proportional to acceleration
- This means that as mass goes up acceleration goes down
B. Newton's Second Law Lab
- In the first lab we manipulated the mass of the system by adding mass to the cart an leaving the force/mass of the hanger the same
- As mass increased, the acceleration went down
- When we graphed the line of the data we gathered, we found the slope to be .468
- The force from the hanger was .5N
- The reason why they are so close is because the force was the constant so it will also be the slope of the line
