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leslietaylor leslietaylor
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11 years ago
How do i find acceleration due to gravity using various angled inclined planes: measuring height and acceleration of an object down the ramp.

We did a lab and we were expected to figure out the acceleration due to gravity using the height of the ramp and the acceleration (calculated from kinematics equation) of the object.

How would i find it graphing all my data? Height and Acceleration.
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11 years ago
Set the inclined plane at angle x and measure the acceleration as the block/ball/whatever goes down the plane. The acceleration down the plane will be a = g*sin(x), so if you know x and measure a, you can solve for g.

g = a / sin(x)
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