Phys205A - Lab #2: Freefall

For this lab experiment, you will attempt to determine the constant acceleration all objects in freefall feel due to the Earth's gravity.

The following photos are close-ups of the individual frames taken from one of the balls that was dropped in the demonstration video you watched for this lab exercise. Since the ball is in motion while each separate frame is being captured, the ball will appear to blur as its velocity becomes too fast for the camera to capture cleanly. Therefore we will only look at the first few frames immediately following the release of the ball while its velocity is still relatively low.




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