The following data is gathered in a lab situation.
a. Graph the following data and calculate the slope.
b. What does the slope value represent?

Question

The following data is gathered in a lab situation.
a.	Graph the following data and calculate the slope. 
b.	What does the slope value represent?

anonymous · Answer

Normal Force(N)      l           Frictional Force(N)
0	                       l           0
2.0	                       l           0.6
6.0	                       l           1.8
9.0	                       l           2.7
10.0	                       l           3.0

anonymous · Answer

^ unfortunatly I do not have a program to graph and the computer where I'm working at doesn't let me download any graphing software :(

experimentx · Answer

try putting best fit line, 
you can also try WolframAlpha sofware

anonymous · Answer

ok, but how would I put the information onto wolframalpha?

experimentx · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+ {%280%2C0%29%2C+%281%2C2%29%2C+%283%2C4%29}

experimentx · Answer

http://tinyurl.com/br7bdyt

experimentx · Answer

it seems that your data is linear ... do you know that formula
slope (m) = (y2 - y1)/(x2-x1) ... just put any two points for x's and y's and get your slope.

anonymous · Answer

Oh ok :) thanks this helps alot. And you just showed me something new with wolfram alpha