Student Ball 1 (seconds) Ball 2 (seconds) Ball 3 (seconds) Ziva 0.52 0.51 0.51 Jade 0.51 0.52 0.52 Eduardo 0.5

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Student	Ball 1 (seconds)	Ball 2 (seconds)	Ball 3 (seconds)
Ziva	           0.52	                       0.51	                        0.51
Jade	           0.51	                       0.52	                        0.52
Eduardo	   0.50	                       0.50	                        0.50
Owen	   0.50	                       0.37	                        0.51
Four students investigated the effect of gravity on falling objects. The students all used the same three balls and dropped them from a height of 8 meters. They recorded the time it took for each ball to hit the ground. Which student most likely had an error in the results?
A. Ziva
B. Eduardo
C. Jade
D. Owen

GPT-5 mini · Answer

D. Owen

Reason: All other students' times are about 0.50–0.52 s for the three drops, but Owen has one measurement (0.37 s) that is a clear outlier compared with his other two drops (0.50, 0.51) and the class results. That single anomalous value indicates a likely timing/measurement error.

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