Why Do Bean Bags Have Free Fall Acceleration

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In the hovercraft test we learn that the bean bags have increasing acceleration, as the distance between the bags. Second, pull with increasing mass as shown in (figure 1-B), An object is in free fall if the only force acting on it is gravity. In this task experiment we had to measure 5 runs and calculate weight. W= mg, when M= mass, and g= acceleration of gravity 9.8 m/s^2. Because the weight an object has free fall acceleration.

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