One student reports a fall time of 20 s and the other 23 s


Two students are asked to find the height of a particular building using a barometer. Instead of using the barometer as an altitude measuring device, they take it to the roof of the building and drop it off, timing its fall. One student reports a fall time of 2.0 s, and the other, 2.3 s. What % difference does the 0.3 s make for the estimates of the building's height?

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Civil Engineering: One student reports a fall time of 20 s and the other 23 s
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