Graded Assignment Lab Report: Creating and Interpreting Graphs
Answer each question, using complete sentences. When you have finished, submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date for full credit.
Total score: of 25 points

(Score for Question 1: ___ of 6 points)
1. Which variable did you choose for the independent variable? Which variable did you choose for the dependent variable? Explain.

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(Score for Question 2: ___ of 12 points)
2. How did the masses affect the spring? Which mass stretched the spring the farthest? The least? Explain your answer using your data. Include your data sheet and the graph of your data in your answer.

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(Score for Question 3: ___ of 7 points)
3. Describe your graph, was it linear or nonlinear? What conclusions can you draw based on the shape of the graph?

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    m₁v₁ + m₂v₂ = (m₁ + m₂)vmomentum is conserved.the left-hand side of the equation represents the momentum in the system before the collision.the right-hand side represents the momentum in the system after the collisionm₁ and v₁ represents the mass and the velocity of the physics blockm₂ and v₂ represents the mass and velocity of the ball of puttyv represents the final velocity of the combined mass.the question states the two masses stick together. they combined mass has its own velocity with the body mass the sum of the two objects' massestheir combined momentum is (m₁ + m₂)vto find the magitude of (m₁ + m₂)v, we need to add the vectors on the left-hand side of the equation: m₁v₁ + m₂v₂.note the diagram. i have positioned the vectors in accordance with their directions.the magnitude of the resultant can be calculated using the pythagorean theorem since this is a right triangle situation (north and west are perpendicular)|(m₁ + m₂)v| =  √[ (m₁v₁)² + (m₂v₂)² ]|(m₁ + m₂)v| =  √[ (1.5kg·8.0m/s)² + (0.40kg·20m/s)² ]|(m₁ + m₂)v| =  14.4 kg m/sfor two significant figures (assuming that 20m/s is two), this rounds to 14 kg m/s