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If one ignores air friction, the actual acceleration is a constant, 9.8m/s^2.

Now if you are experimenting, and actually trying to measure it, you need a method of plotting distance fell versus time. I have done it with photography in the dark, with a timed light (stroboscope) to give images at selected times.

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