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My research has stated that the size of the marble must be somewhat close to the size of the magnet otherwise the energy would not be transferred enough to cause a launch This has also been proven because in my experiment the large magnets were unable to transfer kinetic energy and accelerate This is because the size of the steel ball bearings affects the ability for them to accelerate because of Newton's Second Law which states F m a In the equation F is the force m is the mass of the ball bearing and a is the acceleration Since it is an inverse relationship if mass increases acceleration will decrease Hence at one point the acceleration would not be sufficient enough to move the steel ball Another factor that affects the average velocity of the balls on the accelerator is the number of magnets known as stages along the track By adding more stages to the track the speed of the ball increases theoretically speaking
