Free_Fall

Free Fall I. Introduction The objective of this experiment is to measure the constant acceleration of a freely falling object and to show that its acceleration is roughly the acceleration due to gravity, which was found in the laboratory prior to this experiment. The formula used to obtain this calculation is: V(t) = vi + gt Where v(t) is the instantaneous downward velocity of the body, which is measured in units of centimeters per second, vi is the initial downward velocity, g is the downward acceleration due to gravity and this is measured in centimeters per second. This is the equation is the equation of a straight line in respect of the slope which is g, and the y ¨Cintercept is vi . For this experiment two instruments were used, one was the Ealing Free-Fall Apparatus and the second one was the dial type caliper. We began by using the Ealing Free-Fall Apparatus which recorded the position of the steel ball at certain time intervals. The frequency of the apparatus was experiment, trial, acceleration, velocity, cm/s, initial, vi, second, uncertainty, fit, apparatus, ¡À, time, one, lab, gravity, cm/s2, table, results, due, calculations, ball, 102, spark, obtain, measurements, below, 97739, velocities, therefore, summarizes, recorded, prior, position, little