Draw force diagrams of the cart and the hanging object. Include the appropriate acceleration vector next to each force diagram. Apply Newton’s laws…
- Draw force diagrams of the cart and the hanging object. Include the appropriate acceleration vector next to each force diagram.
- Apply Newton’s laws to the cart and to the hanging object.
- Solve your equations for the acceleration of the cart in terms of quantities you know or can measure.
- Show how you get an equation that gives the frequency of oscillation.
- Sketch a graph of frequency vs. mass of hanging object for constant cart mass and spring constant. Will the frequency increase, decrease or stay the same as the hanging mass increases?
