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Cart accelerated by hanging mass (with sensors)
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A cart is accelerated by a string attached to a hanging mass; the string tension, cart position, and cart velocity are measured in real time.


Fishbane Chapter:   4.2
HRW 9th:   5.06
RHK 5th:   5.2
PIRA DCS classification:   1G10.232

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University