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Data Set for CHAPTER 4


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The data set was obtained by dropping a Styrofoam ball and recording its distance in meters (second column) as a function of time in seconds (first column). Data from "Air Resistance Acting on a Sphere" by M.S. Greenwood, C.Hanna, and J.Milton, The Physics Teacher, March 1986, 153-159, Table V.


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1st col 2nd col
-0.132 0.000
0.000 0.075
0.100 0.260
0.200 0.525
0.300 0.870
0.400 1.270
0.500 1.730
0.600 2.230
0.700 2.770
0.800 3.350