Centimeters Have An Effect On The Object's Speed

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The goal of this experiment was to examine how the mass of a ball affected the ball's speed down a 10 degree slope. We concluded that the mass of the ball did have an effect on the object's speed while traveling down the ramp. This is true because, the higher the object's mass is the more gravity affects it, causing it to accelerate faster leading to it reach a higher top speed. The evidence supports this by showing how the heavier tennis ball had a higher average speed of 56.13 centimeters per second while having a mass of 57 grams. On the other hand the ping pong ball had the slowest average speed of 41.6 Centimeters per second because it only weighed 2.67 grams

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