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The appropriate environment was found and the SPARKvue program within the laptop was set up and connected to the ultrasonic sensor.
The sensor was attached to the clamp, which was then attached to the rail. This would allow the sensor to the top of the basketball as it was falling.
The experimenters assumed positions and when the sensor was initiated the ball was dropped within a 3 second period and measured until the impact with the ground. The height of the drop was roughly 8 metres
This was repeated up to three times to produce three graphs and data sets.
The velocity against time graph within SPARKvue was analysed to find the acceleration through the equation a=(v-u)/t. The final acceleration used to represent the result of the experiment was the data set closest to 9.8m/s/s.