You find the angle of your incline to be 4.6 degrees. You find the acceleration of the glider on your incline to be 0.72 m/s/s. What is your experimental value for g, the acceleration due to gravity? Give your answer to 3 significant figures (2 decimal places).
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First, we know that the acceleration of the glider on the incline (a) is related to the acceleration due to gravity (g) and the angle of the incline (θ) by the equation: a = g * sin(θ) We can rearrange this equation to solve for g: g = a / sin(θ) Show more…
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