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i did an experiment, regarding acceleration due to gravity, and i dropped a ball from a height. i measured the height, and timed it how long it took for the ball to drop to the ground.... i recorded all the results.... then used a formula to see if the acceleration was 9.8ms-2 (ie. gravity)... now most of the acceleration that i calculated was not 9.8ms-2, it was more or less than this value...

Now can someone please include an conclusion and discussion, which discusses and includes to reasons why the acceleration was not 9.8ms-2.... like some good reasons.... and also someone please provide a decent discussion and a conclusion please....
 

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You could say that:
Due to experimental errors such as inaccurate measurements of mass / height, the acceleration due to gravity differed from the original .
If you want, you can take air resistance into account.
(There was an article on Google that suggested the spinning motion of the Earth itself altered the results, but I don't think you should write that).

Hope it helped! :)
(My first answer, go easy on me lol.)
 

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