TheDragon Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) 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 September 16, 2018 by TheDragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematic Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Going back to Galileo, the two balls should fall at the same rate. Edited September 16, 2018 by mathematic typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Look at Newton's second law, and also Newton's law of gravitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Boy Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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