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    The document summarizes an experiment to measure the acceleration due to gravity using a picket fence, photogate, computer interface and laptop. The picket fence was dropped and its movement was recorded by the photogate and analyzed on the laptop. Measurements from multiple trials yielded values of g between 9.326-10.1132 m/s^2 with an average of 9.701 m/s^2 and precision of 4%. This method provided a measurement of g that approximated the accepted value of 9.8 m/s^2.

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    The document summarizes an experiment to measure the acceleration due to gravity using a picket fence, photogate, computer interface and laptop. The picket fence was dropped and its movement was recorded by the photogate and analyzed on the laptop. Measurements from multiple trials yielded values of g between 9.326-10.1132 m/s^2 with an average of 9.701 m/s^2 and precision of 4%. This method provided a measurement of g that approximated the accepted value of 9.8 m/s^2.

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    The document summarizes an experiment to measure the acceleration due to gravity using a picket fence, photogate, computer interface and laptop. The picket fence was dropped and its movement was recorded by the photogate and analyzed on the laptop. Measurements from multiple trials yielded values of g between 9.326-10.1132 m/s^2 with an average of 9.701 m/s^2 and precision of 4%. This method provided a measurement of g that approximated the accepted value of 9.8 m/s^2.

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    The document summarizes an experiment to measure the acceleration due to gravity using a picket fence, photogate, computer interface and laptop. The picket fence was dropped and its movement was recorded by the photogate and analyzed on the laptop. Measurements from multiple trials yielded values of g between 9.326-10.1132 m/s^2 with an average of 9.701 m/s^2 and precision of 4%. This method provided a measurement of g that approximated the accepted value of 9.8 m/s^2.

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    Picket fence free fall

    In this experiment we tried to obtain a value for the Earth’s acceleration due to gravity,
    using technology. The provided materials are : a picket fence, a photogate , a computer interface
    and a laptop on which the data is interpreted.

    The acceleration due to gravity(g) is the acceleration of objects in void in a gravitational


    field which depends on the objects position towards the gravity center, representing the intensity
    of the gravitational field in the respective place, g being numerical equal to the force with which
    the mass unit is being attracted.It has been studied by Sir Isaac Newton, and on Earth, the normal
    value at sea level and latitude 0 to 45​o​ is g​n​=9,80665m/s​2​.
    Sir Isaac Newton was a famous english scientist , physicist, mathematician and
    astronomer. He was very captivated by optics, but due to the insucces he had in this field ,he
    quit, and started working on mechanics, where he made discoveries that marked the history of
    physics.
    In 1687​, Newton constitutes the three universal laws of motion(Newton’s Laws) , related
    to repose and motion inertia and to the action-reaction principle. Newton uses for the first time
    the latin term ​gravitas​(weight), for the analytical determination of the attraction forces, and he
    defines the law of universal attraction.

    In the first stage, the picket fence is being held above the photogate, which is connected
    to a computer interface which is connected to a laptop.
    Then the picket fence is released so that the photogate can register the speed variation of the
    black stripes on the picket fence during the fall.
    Then, the data appears on the laptop in the form of a graph, and after an analysis we can observe
    a value of the acceleration due to gravity, proximate to 9.8 m/s​2​.
    Trial 1 2 3 4 5 6

    Slope m/s​2 9.563 9.803 9.721 9.683 9.326 10.1132


    Table 1.

    Minimum Maximum Average

    Acceleration(m/s​2​) 9.326 10.1132 9.701


    Table 2.

    Acceleration due to gravity, g 9.7±0.4 m/s​2

    Precision 4%
    Table 3.
    “Figure 1” is a representation of the diagram with the esential materials of this experiment.
    In “Table 1” are the values of the acceleration due to gravity we’ve obtained.
    In “Table 2” minimum and maximum values of the acceleration due to gravity, then the average
    value.
    In “Table 3” are the precision and the average obtained value , with it’s erors...

    Bibliography
    ● en.wikipedia.org
    ● scienceworld.wolfram.com
    ● www.physicsclassroom.com
    ● www.universetoday.com

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