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piesebel

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What do you think is the greatest source of error in this experiment? Justify your answer.

Question 2

Is it possible for an object to have a velocity of zero and a numerical value for acceleration? Justify your answer with an example.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The greatest source of error is in determining the times to travel the various distances
because of the number of different students taking measurements and the human
errors made by each due to their reaction times in starting and stopping the clock.

Answer to Question 2

Yes, a ball thrown upward at its maximum height will have an instantaneous velocity
of zero but will still have an acceleration (due to gravity) of 980 cm s2 .


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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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