Relationship between mass and acceleration

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The discussion focuses on understanding the relationship between mass, acceleration, and force using data collected from tickertimers. To graph mass versus acceleration, one must first calculate acceleration from the velocity data, typically derived from the slope of a velocity versus time graph. For the force versus acceleration graph, the relationship indicates that acceleration is directly proportional to force when mass is constant, while it is inversely proportional to mass when force is constant. The participants suggest creating charts based on these principles to visualize the relationships effectively. Properly interpreting the data will clarify the fundamental physics concepts involved.
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Hello i just got a question from school regarding (Part 1) the relationship between mass and acceleration, and Part 2: force and acceleration.

i have gathered all the data regarding the velocity, these were recorded by using tickertimers. My questioin is how can u graph Part 1: a mass acceeration graph and then Part 2: a force vs acceleration graph. I the data in velocity. I just need to know how i can convert a velocity vs time graph into a mass vs acceleration graph.
 
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Try googling "tickertimer charts"
 
I have data regarding velocity and time, i just need to know how i can convert the data into acceleration vs mass graph
 
What data do you have precisely?From your first post I am assuming there is one set of data where the force was varied and the mass kept constant and a second set of data where the mass was varied and the force kept constant.If so make charts as per the instructions on the google search I recommended.You can find the accelerations from the slopes of the graphs.When F is varied you should find that the acceleration is proportional to the force(doubling F doubles a etc)and when M is varied you should find that a is inversely proprtional to M(doubling M halves a etc)
 

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