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Specification experiment — Appendix 4 experiment 4 – acceleration of free fall using light gates

Appendix 4 specifies determining free-fall acceleration using a falling object and light gates.

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Determining g by free fall

Measure drop heights and repeated electronic fall times, then use a height–time squared graph to determine gravitational acceleration.

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CCEA · 1210

Specification experiment · Appendix 4 experiment 4 – acceleration of free fall using light gates

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