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    When I do the math, GPE does not equal KE after an object drops.

    Thank you so much. This was making me crazy!
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    When I do the math, GPE does not equal KE after an object drops.

    Okay. I set this up on Excel, and I may have messed up. I put in an equation first to solve for change in velocity considering acceleration due to gravity (9.81m/s2) x time. Then I made a column for time, which I kept changing until I got the distance I wanted (6.045m)using the equation...
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    When I do the math, GPE does not equal KE after an object drops.

    I teach 9th grade physical science, and we were doing an activity last week investigating whether GPE before an object falls = KE at the point the object hits the ground. This was a pretty crude activity involving dropping things out the window and timing with stop watches, so when the data...
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