8. what is the rate of change in an object’s position?

A similar but separate notion is that of velocity, which the rate of change of position. Example . If p(t) is the position of an object moving on a number line at time t (measured in minutes, say), then the average rate of change of p(t) is the average velocity of the object, measured in units per minute.

 the rate at which an object changes position. but if you need a number or a formula i need to know if its on a hill. what panet. what the object is. etc. etc. etc.

The sun's gravitational pull is weaker on the planets that are closer to it, i think.

Since you have not included the experiment situation and the data, of course, i can not give you specific details about it. but i can you with this question.1) i will assume that the motion is projectile (parabolic) motion.2) yes, the horizontal distance depends on the horizontal velocity as, naming vx the horizontal velocity and t the time, it is: x = vx × t3) now, observe that the flight time depends on the vertical velocity as, naming voy the initial vertical velocity, t the time and y the vertical distance before reaching the ground: y = yo + voy×t - gt² / 2.the higher the initial vertical velocity (voy) the longer the object will be flying and so t will be higher in the equation for the horizontal distance.that explains the relationship between the horizontal distance and the horizontal velocity.