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the acceleration was a centripetal acceleration. yes it moved and it's velocity changed

I got 27.9m/s^2 for the acceleration. The force on the metal weight was a tension force

yes, the metal weight did accelerate, but i worked out the acceleration by dividing the force on the metal weight by the mass of the ball

[b]1. The aim of the lab is to verify the centripetal acceleration law which states that acceleration is equal to the velocity squared divided by the radius. During the lab, we spun a string powered whirligig. There was a ball at the top, attached to string, the string was threaded through a...