Are my calculations of g correct?- Projectile Motion (1 Viewer)

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Hey, we've done an investigation in physics, and I'd just like to make sure I'm calculating correctly cause my values of g are totally whacked out, its projectile motion off the edge of a table onto the floor

table height :0.75m
distance travelled: 0.19m
t: 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 seconds

so using change in y = ut + 1/2at^2

t=0.2
0.75 = 0 + 1/2 x a x 0.2^2

0.75/o.2^2 = 1/2a

37.5= a = g

t=0.3
0.75/0.3^2 = 1/2a

16.67 = a = g

t=0.4
0.75/0.4^2 = 1/2a
9.375 = a = g

0.4 is the closest, have i missed something really obvious?

if not what are some reasons why these are really different

Thankyou so much :)
 

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Hey, we've done an investigation in physics, and I'd just like to make sure I'm calculating correctly cause my values of g are totally whacked out, its projectile motion off the edge of a table onto the floor

table height :0.75m
distance travelled: 0.19m
t: 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 seconds

so using change in y = ut + 1/2at^2

t=0.2
0.75 = 0 + 1/2 x a x 0.2^2

0.75/o.2^2 = 1/2a

37.5= a = g

t=0.3
0.75/0.3^2 = 1/2a

16.67 = a = g

t=0.4
0.75/0.4^2 = 1/2a
9.375 = a = g

0.4 is the closest, have i missed something really obvious?

if not what are some reasons why these are really different

Thankyou so much :)
it's correct but this just means that you did some experiential errors when observing the time when you got 0.2 and 0.3
 

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