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The two sides of the equation are off by a factor of three. This , which is a close enough agreement to confirm that the relation holds. The discrepancy may be for due to a couple of reasonsfactors. We had some delays starting the experiment,which meant that the ice started to melt and the starting mass may have been much less than 988.7 grams. Additionally, the particle tracks show a wobbling effect, most likely due to the table being uneven. In order to determine an average velocity value, we may have overcompensated for this effect, and linearized the curve enough to drastically reduce the variancevelocity variance value was taken from a different experiment, so it's likely somewhat off from the value we would expect in our experiment.