Ok, so tension would 9.8 while gravity is -9.8
so yeah, I'm really clueless as to what to do next, it's extremely frustrating that the concept just won't click.
I appreciate that you are trying to help me actually learn the concept of this, but the lab report is already late and I'm failing...
Sadly, I don't know, either I was absent or just not paying attention when we went over tension. I don't remember the word ever being mentioned
also, I'm sorry if I put this in the wrong forum section, I just noticed the homework help section of the forums.
Basically we did a lab where you attach a pulley to the desk with a clamp and then have a friction block (three types: cork, plastic, and felt) attached to a string which is attached to a hanging mass. This basic setup is called an atwood's machine. The purpose of the lab was to identify the...