In this lab, a small mass m will be connected to the Dynamics Cart by a string as shown in
Figure 3.1. The string will pass over a pulley at the table’s edge so that as the mass falls the
cart will be accelerated over the table’s surface. As long as the string is not too elastic and
there is no slack in it, both the falling mass and the dynamics cart will have the same acceleration.
The resulting acceleration of this system will be determined experimentally and this value
will be compared to the acceleration predicted by Newton’s Second Law.