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Question 43

Easy

Two students use the experimental setup shown below to measure the time it takes for a steel bead to fall from a release mechanism to the floor.

A steel bead is held by a release clamp at a height of 1.8 m above the ground. A student holds a digital stopwatch, prepared to start timing when the bead is released and stop it when it hits the floor.

The height of the fall is 1.8 m.

The students repeat the measurement several times, but their average measured time $t\,$ is consistently larger than the theoretically calculated value.

Suggest one reason why the students' average measured value for $t\,$ is greater than the calculated value.

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Speed, velocity and acceleration

Question 43

Speed, velocity and acceleration Questions

Speed, velocity and acceleration

Question 43

Speed, velocity and acceleration Questions