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Transcribed Image Text:DATA TABLE
First height data Second height data
Third height data
Calculations:
1. Calculate the average time of fall for each height.
2. Substitute these averages in equation (2) to calculate the value of g for each height.
3. Calculate the average value of g from the three values that you found in Step 13.
eight h (m)
0.25
0.37
0.52
4. Calculate the % Error using 9.80 m/s2 as the accepted value of g.
Trial 1
0.2193
0.2698
0.3208
QUESTION:
Trial 2
0.2345
0.2579
0.3376
The acceleration of gravity g near the Earth's surface is given by
M
g=G
R. +h
Trial 3
0.2437
0.2855
0.3129
where G- 6.67 10-11 Nxm2/kg2 is the universal gravitation constant, ME is the mass of Earth,
RE is the radius of Earth, and h the distance from the object to the Earth's surface.
Trial 4
0.2129
0.2911
0.3417
Does the value of g depend on the height h in this experiment?
Trial 5
0.2288
0.2766
0.3194
perage time t (s)
laulated value of g (m/s?)
Perage value of the gravitational acceleration g (m/s²)
% Error of g
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