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The Effect of Slope:
Photogates and Hot Wheels
Given a pair of photogates and a Hot Wheels track, complete a series
of runs keeping distance constant and varying the slope of the track.
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Calculate the slope of the track.
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For each slope do 3 trial runs and record acceleration. Average
these runs to get one value for acceleration.
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Graph Slope vs. Acceleration. Is this a linear function?
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Slope (independent variable)
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Acceleration (dependent variable)
Trial 1
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Acceleration
Trial 2
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Acceleration
Trial 3
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