Free Falling Washers
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Purpose
Given 6 washers and 150 cm of string, tie the washers onto the string in such a way that when you hold the string and drop it vertically, the washers strike the ground at equal time intervals. For this activity, calculate the distances between the washers so that they strike the ground every 0.1 seconds.
Equations
d = vit + ½gt2
v = vi + gt
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