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Venus1522
Sep 20, 2007, 04:52 PM
how am I going to write an equation of the line about force and acceleration?

What formula should I use to fine the slope of an graph? What will be my unit of the slope?


What physical quantity does the slope represent?

Capuchin
Sep 20, 2007, 11:28 PM
If you have a graph of acceleration vs. force, then the slope will naturally be acceleration/force, or the amount that acceleration increases for a unit increase in force.

Now see if you can answer the rest of your questions.

cjshootingstar
Nov 30, 2011, 04:33 PM
what would an equation be that describes the relationship between force and acceleration?

ebaines
Dec 1, 2011, 07:21 AM
Good old Newton and his second law of motion:

F = ma