It increases confidence because the more times you conduct the same experiment over and over should either prove your hypothesis right and wrong and eliminate any random occurrences that might affect your results.
Acceleration = Change in Velocity / time
a = (v - u) / t
Where v = final velocity in m/s
u = initial velocity in m/s
t = time in seconds.
a = acceleration in m/s²
A proper record of the changes in velocity with the corresponding time would help find the acceleration.
The kinetic energy decreases
first off lemme just say this is really easy man, just look at the directions
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