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A student must determine the inertial mass of a block that is pulled across a horizontal surface using a force probe and an accelerometer. The student's data are represented in the graph above. What must
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A student must determine the inertial mass of a block that is pulled across a horizontal surface using a force probe and an accelerometer. The student's data are represented in the graph above. What must the student do to determine the inertial mass of the block?

a. Determine the y-intercept.
b. Calculate the slope.
c. Calculate the area under the line.
d. Determine the x-intercept.

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Answer: Calculate the slope.

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Answer:

B. Calculate the slope

Step-by-step explanation:

The other choices, determining the y-intercept, calculating the area under the line, and determining the x-intercept, are not relevant to determining the inertial mass of the block.

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