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Investigating Force and Motion

Investigating the relationship between the resultant force and Motion can be done using a dynamics trolley and motion sensor connected to a computer.To achieve a constant force the trolley is pulled along a sloping runway with stretched elastic bands.The slope compensates for friction.
The computer displays the velocity-time graph. Velocity increases at a constant rate.There is a constant force therefore there is constant acceleration.

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Specification: AQA Physics (7407), AS-level, 3.4.1.5 Newton's laws of motion. Topic: Newtons Laws of Motion.

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Momentum
The product of an object's mass and its velocity; a vector quantity, conserved in any interaction provided no external resultant force acts.

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