Free Fall and Projectile Motion

Demonstration: Drop Objects

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Equipment
  • Weights
  • Hammer
  • Meter stick
  • A small soda can
Description

Various objects are dropped while standing on the lecture table. Within experimental uncertainty, the acceleration due to gravity is shown to be the same for all objects (independent of mass), and for all parts of an extended object (independent of orientation or weight distribution).