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19 October, 17:48

Consider the acceleration graph. If the mass of the object that is accelerating does not change, but the force applied is tripled, how would the slope of the line change?

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  1. 19 October, 21:03
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    The graph is missing but I guess you refer to the "Force vs mass" graph. In this graph, the acceleration is the slope of the curve, because the relationship between force F, mass m and acceleration a is (Second Newton's law)

    F = ma

    And in the graph, m is the x-variable, F is the y-variable and a the slope.

    We can notice that there is a direct proportionality between F and a. So, if m is constant, when we triple the force (F' = 3F), the acceleration will also triple (a'=3 a). But since the acceleration is the slope of the curve, this means that the new slope will be 3 times the slope of the original curve.
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