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Introduction:
The purpose of this lab experiment is to analyze the displacement-time motion of a freely-falling object and to determine the acceleration of free-fall of an object dropped during the lab experiment.
Data Sheet:
No. of frames from start, n
Time taken
t / s
(Time taken squared)
t2 / s2
Displacement
(y – yo) = y
Drop 1
/cm
Drop 2
/cm
Drop 3
/cm
Average
/m
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
0.17
0.029
13
19
18
16.7
3
9
0.30
0.090
32
55
50
45.7
4
12
0.40
0.160
76
94
85
85.0
5
14
0.47
0.221
125
120
115
120
6
16
0.53
0.281
135
157
170
154
7
18
0.60
0.360
175
200
200
192
Analysis and Discussion:
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