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Use the table of data from an investigation to answer the question.

Mass Of Ball And Time To Hit Ground
Mass of ball (grams) Time to hit ground (seconds)
10 1.02
15 1.01
26 1.62
A student is investigating gravity and falling objects. She drops three balls and times how long it takes each ball to hit the ground. What is the most likely source of error?

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She dropped the balls from different heights.

She did not measure the mass after the balls hit the ground.

She did not measure the circumference of the balls.

She used balls that are different sizes.

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She used balls that are different sizes.

Different sizes give different air resistance (and fall times) even if masses differ, so the times won't be independent of mass as expected.