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Free fall Experiment, Second Law of Motion. (Help)

TheDragon
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We did an experiment in Lab with a Pascal Timer and a Free Fall device with one small sphere and one larger.  I was wondering how mass could influence the results calculated using the accepted value of Earths acceleration in our area. Would the mass of the spheres affect the acceleration?  I know that all of this has to do with Newton's second law. I just need help understanding this.

Edited by TheDragon

Going back to Galileo, the two balls should fall at the same rate.

 

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typo

4 hours ago, TheDragon said:

We did an experiment in Lab with a Pascal Timer and a Free Fall device with one small sphere and one larger.  I was wondering how mass could influence the results calculated using the accepted value of Earths acceleration in our area. Would the mass of the spheres affect the acceleration?  I know that all of this has to do with Newton's second law. I just need help understanding this.

What results did you get from that experiment?

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