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    High School Why is my experimental spring constant an order of magnitude off?

    thanks you for the help! Luckily I think I've found the mistake, which was just due to a false assumption I made, luckily it is an easy fix! Nonetheless, thank you for the clarification on the evaluation for my IA, you helped me form a clearer understanding of what goal I am trying to reach in...
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    High School Why is my experimental spring constant an order of magnitude off?

    Thanks for pointing out my minor mistakes, unfortunately they are in my conveying of the issue, and not in my processing of data. I meant to say the 'slope of the graph of the maximum height reached (y-axis) against the spring compression squared (x-axis) since this gives me a linear equation.
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    High School Why is my experimental spring constant an order of magnitude off?

    I did my Physics IA on comparing the maximum height reached by a projectile (shot by a spring) and the compression of that spring. In my experiment I found the maximum height reached by a metal ball shot directly upwards in comparison to the amount the spring was compressed. To test the...