How to account for friction on air track

[PhizKid]

Homework Statement

A cart on a level air track is being pulled by a force of weights attached to it by strings on a pulley system at the end of the air track. We know that an air track isn't completely frictionless, so in my calculations during experimentation, how would I account for that small amount of friction using the pulley system or anything else available to me? (I only have the air track, the pulley, and the weights.)

Homework Equations

F = ma, kinematic formulas

The Attempt at a Solution

We haven't learned about friction yet, but our lab professor wants us to take it into account anyway. Not sure how friction exactly works or what it exactly is, aside from the common sensical definition in that there is slight drag or resistance on the air track since there is actually air supporting the cart, and since air creates friction, we know that some amount of friction exists. But not sure how to calculate that into the lab.

 

[szimmy]

What data did you collect? Mass of the cart? Time it took to travel? Distance it traveled? Masses of the weights that pulled the cart?

 

[PhizKid]

I didn't collect any data yet, I thought I had to adjust the air track for friction first before doing anything.

But I can take the mass of the cart, the time it takes to travel a certain distance and the distance itself of course, and the mass of the forces/weights that were pulling the cart, yes