2.) What is the specific goal of this lab? Exactly what question are you trying to...

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2.) What is the specific goal of this lab? Exactly what question are you trying to answer? Be as specific as possible. ("To learn about topic X..." is not specific!) 3.) What specific measurements or observations will you make in order to answer this question? 4.) Try to make this prediction before completing any other questions. It is not important that you get this prediction right. It is important that you think about it before begin- ning! Suppose the glider/cart/cart and the hanger had equal masses. Do you expect the magnitude of the acceleration of the glider/cart to be g, smaller than g, or bigger than g? Explain your reasoning in words. 5.) Analyze the glider/cart: (a) Draw a sketch of the entire setup. (b) Choose a coordinate system with the x-axis pointing right and the y-axis pointing up. Draw this on your sketch. (c) Draw a free-body diagram for the glider/cart. (d) What force acting on the glider/cart causes it to accelerate? (e) Write Newton's Second Law in the x-direction for the cart. Denote the mass of the glider/cart (and any added weights) mg, and its acceleration ac (with components aGr, aGy- 6.) Analyze the hanging weight: (a) Draw a free-body diagram for the hanging weight. (b) Write Newton's Second Law in the y-direction for the hanging weight. Pay atten- tion to your coordinate system! Denote the mass of the hanger (and any added weight) m, and its acceleration ah (with components aha, ahy. 2.) What is the specific goal of this lab? Exactly what question are you trying to answer? Be as specific as possible. ("To learn about topic X..." is not specific!) 3.) What specific measurements or observations will you make in order to answer this question? 4.) Try to make this prediction before completing any other questions. It is not important that you get this prediction right. It is important that you think about it before begin- ning! Suppose the glider/cart/cart and the hanger had equal masses. Do you expect the magnitude of the acceleration of the glider/cart to be g, smaller than g, or bigger than g? Explain your reasoning in words. 5.) Analyze the glider/cart: (a) Draw a sketch of the entire setup. (b) Choose a coordinate system with the x-axis pointing right and the y-axis pointing up. Draw this on your sketch. (c) Draw a free-body diagram for the glider/cart. (d) What force acting on the glider/cart causes it to accelerate? (e) Write Newton's Second Law in the x-direction for the cart. Denote the mass of the glider/cart (and any added weights) mg, and its acceleration ac (with components aGr, aGy- 6.) Analyze the hanging weight: (a) Draw a free-body diagram for the hanging weight. (b) Write Newton's Second Law in the y-direction for the hanging weight. Pay atten- tion to your coordinate system! Denote the mass of the hanger (and any added weight) m, and its acceleration ah (with components aha, ahy.