96 Suppose that in the future humans can travel to different earth-like planets within our galaxy. You take a trip to a new plant with a different gravitational acceleration than earth. To test this gravitational acceleration, you decide to drop a ball a distance of 1 meter. You measure how long it takes the ball to fall 1.0 meter multiple times and take an average. The average drop time is 0.43 seconds. What is the approximate magnitude of the gravitational acceleration of this planet? Note: Please enter only the numerical answer in the space below. Do not enter the units as part of your answer. Doing so will result in an incorrect answer. 五 ins prt sc f12 114 144 080 6, D.

96 Suppose that in the future humans can travel to different earth-like planets within our galaxy. You take a trip to a new plant with a different gravitational acceleration than earth. To test this gravitational acceleration, you decide to drop a ball a distance of 1 meter. You measure how long it takes the ball to fall 1.0 meter multiple times and take an average. The average drop time is 0.43 seconds. What is the approximate magnitude of the gravitational acceleration of this planet? Note: Please enter only the numerical answer in the space below. Do not enter the units as part of your answer. Doing so will result in an incorrect answer. 五 ins prt sc f12 114 144 080 6, D.

Astronomy

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Author:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Publisher:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Chapter19: Celestial Distances

Section: Chapter Questions

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