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I knew i should have paid more attention in class =/
anyways, We have been studying Newton's second law. And I have a question on my lab that asks for me to "derive equation for a (acceleration) vs F (force) and a (acceleration) vs m (mass)"
a vs F and a vs M are two graphs which we did.
and I am at a complete lost at what to do. I have no idea how to or what to derive. My only hint is a small piece of note I copied from teacher's notes. It goes like this:
It looks like slope is equal to 1/mass. So
a α(alpha) F
a α 1/m
a α F/m
F = ma
does anybody know what a(alpha) stands for? And what it exactly means by "deriving equation?"
thank you very very much.
anyways, We have been studying Newton's second law. And I have a question on my lab that asks for me to "derive equation for a (acceleration) vs F (force) and a (acceleration) vs m (mass)"
a vs F and a vs M are two graphs which we did.
and I am at a complete lost at what to do. I have no idea how to or what to derive. My only hint is a small piece of note I copied from teacher's notes. It goes like this:
It looks like slope is equal to 1/mass. So
a α(alpha) F
a α 1/m
a α F/m
F = ma
does anybody know what a(alpha) stands for? And what it exactly means by "deriving equation?"
thank you very very much.