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Free Fall Lab

Drop a ball from rest and measure it with a strobe trail and a movable photogate. Positive y is distance fallen from the release point. Mass does not appear in the equations — try changing it.

t = 0.000 s

y — distance fallen vs t

v — speed vs t

v2 vs distance fallen

Data table

Noise adds stopwatch/ruler scatter to recorded values only. Press D to record.