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BriannaBalke
Physics
1915
DoMoreMassiveObjectsHaveaGreaterAccelerationThanLessMassive
ObjectsinFreeFall?
Yes,moremassiveobjectshaveagreateraccelerationthanlessmassive
objectsinfreefall.Tocometothisconclusion,firstwedecidedtotape5pennies
togetherandtakethemassofthat.Themassofthe4penniestapedtogetherwas
12.4g.Afterwetookthemasswehadtheonepersonofourgroupdropthetaped
penniesfromacertainheight.WerecordedthefreefallonaniPadandafterweplotted
allofourpointswelookedatthegraphsthatitgenerated.Aftertakingahardlook,we
pickedtwopointsandgotthecoordinates.Usingtheslopeformula,wegeneratedthe
acceleration,whichwas6.5mps 2 .Next,wetaped15penniestogetheranddidthe
sameprocess.Withallofourcalculationswefoundthattheaccelerationfortheheavier
weightwas7.8mps 2 .Inconclusion,wefoundthattheheaviertheobjectisthelongerit
takestoreachtheground.