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    Distance vs. Time graph should be a parabolic graph. Velocity and Acceleration should be modeled by quadratic equation whose graph is a parabola. How closely does The coefficient of The term in The curve fit compare to The coefficient in your data?

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    Distance vs. Time graph should be a parabolic graph. Velocity and Acceleration should be modeled by quadratic equation whose graph is a parabola. How closely does The coefficient of The term in The curve fit compare to The coefficient in your data?

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    Lab2:BALLTOSS PreliminaryQuestions: 1. Distancevs.Timegraphprediction 2. Velocityvs.Timegraphprediction 3. Accelerationvs.Timegraphprediction Analysis: 1. Sketchthethreemotiongraphsandlabelforeach: a. Identifytheregionwhentheballwasbeingtossedbutstillinyourhands b. Identifytheregionwheretheballisinfreefall Labeltheregiononeachgraphwheretheballwasinfreefallandmoving upward Labeltheregiononeachgraphwheretheballwasinfreefallandmoving downward c. Determinethedistance,velocity,&accelerationatspecificpoints Onthevelocityvs.

    pecificpoints Onthevelocityvs.timegraph,decidewheretheballhaditsmaximum velocity,justastheballwasreleased.Markthespotandrecordthevalueon thegraph.

    Onthedistancevs.timegraph,locatethemaximumheightoftheballduring freefall.Markthespotandrecordthevalueonthegraph. Whatwasthevelocityoftheballatthetopofitsmotion? Whatwastheaccelerationoftheballatthetopofitsmotion? 2. Themotionofanobjectinfreefallismodeledbyy=v0t+1/2gt2,whereyisthe verticalposition,v0istheinitialvelocity,tistime,andgistheaccelerationdurto gravity(9.8m/s2).Thisisaquadraticequationwhosegraphisaparabola.Your graphofdistancevs.timeshouldbeparabolic.Tofitaquadraticequationtoyour data,clickanddragthemouseacrosstheportionofthedistancevs.timegraphthat isparabolic,highlightingthefreefallporition.ClicktheCurveFitbutton,select Quadraticfitfromthelistofmodels,andclickTryfit.Examinthefitofthecurveto yourdataandclickoktoreturntothemaingraph.Howcloselydoesthecoefficient ofthex2terminthecurvefitcompareto1/2g? 3.

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