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Alison and Jen are the Mangos!

Question: How does friction affect the motion of an object? Hypothesis: The object will require more applied force to move it to the house when friction is turned on. IV: Friction DV: The motion of the object Constants: The object being moved, the same gravity, the same mass, no barriers Procedure:
 * 1) Use the simulation ot find what the applied force will be when there is no friction to move the furniture to the house.
 * 2) Use the simlulation to find what the applied force must be in order to move the furniture ot the house when the friction is turned on

Data Table:  Check out our graph! Conclusion: After completing the experiment, we can see that friction definetly does affect motion of an object. When friction is present, it takes more applied force to move the object the same distance as you move the object with no friction present. It is also obvious that friction is a counter force, because it acts against the applied force and holds the object back from moving freely. Like one of Newton's laws of motion, an object in motion will stay in motion unless another force is acted upon it. So, we know that when the textbook came to a stop, that friction was the force acting upon it.