In a Galileo incline experiment, a student gathers the following data for displacement and time of a ball rolling down a ramp. The data table is x (time) 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2s. The y (displacement in meters) is 0, .25, 1.0, 2.25, 4.0. What type of equation would I use for this problem to find its acceleration?

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In a Galileo incline experiment, a student gathers the following data for displacement and time of a ball rolling down a ramp.  The data table is x (time) 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, and 2s.  The y (displacement in meters) is 0, .25, 1.0, 2.25, 4.0.  What type of equation would I use for this problem to find its acceleration?

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