In this laboratory investigation we first predicted that the relationship between the drop height and fall time was linear originally, but through this investigation we noticed the graph began to curve at the beginning and that the graph looked more like a square root function. So through these things we found the equation to be t=0.35h^1/2. The most important thing learned during the lab and the class discussion afterward was the pattern of the equations when you change the time. For instance t=( )H^.5 would, if t is doubled, change to 2t=( )4H^.5 so as the independent variable changes it directly effects the dependent variable exponentially.
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June 2016
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