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Pre-lab
Lab 4: Projectile Motion
Name : _______________________

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 You are encouraged to have discussions with TA and other students, but you are required
to do calculations and answer questions individually and independently.

Question: [30]
√( )
(1) Show that [5]

(2) Show that √ [5]

( ) ( )
(3) Show that [5]

(use as many paper sheets as you need)

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(4) How can one read out from the best-fit line of graph vs. ? [3]
Answer:

(5) Analyze the best-fine line. (Express answers to 3 sig. figs.)

i. ; . [6]

ii. ⁄ [2]

(6) Are the statements correct? [4]

1. (Y/N)_________; 2. (Y/N)_________; 3. (Y/N)_________; 4. (Y/N)_________.

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Report Sheets
Lab 4: Projectile Motion
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 You are encouraged to have discussions with TA and other students, but you are required to
do calculations and answer questions individually and independently.

Part I: Horizontal launch (record the data in units of meter for convenience)
Muzzle height: ________________ _______________ (m).
Table R1: (Speed up if you cannot finish within 20 mins)
Horizontal travel distance ( )
Setting
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Mean

Part II: Angled launch (record the data in units of meter for convenience)
Table R2: (Speed up if you cannot finish within 1 hr)
Horizontal travel distance ( )
Setting
Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Mean

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Check Box #1 [15]: The data sets are checked.

Analysis I [14]: Horizontal launch

(1) Use the data in Table R1 and Eq. (7) in Manual to compute the launch speed for Part I
experiment ( ⁄ ). Fill in Table R3 below. [9]
Table R3 (Express answers to 3 sig. figs.)
Setting 1 Setting 2 Setting 3
( )

(2) Please discuss how the air resistance affects your reported in Table R3. (Does it result in
higher or lower than the real launch speed? Why?) [5]
Answer:

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Analysis II [26]: Angled launch

(1) Key in the data of Table R2 in Excel and plot vs for each setting. Have the best-fit
line and shown in graphs. Submit the three graphs together with the lab assignments.
Record the values in Table R4 below. [5]
Table R4 (Express answers to 3 sig. figs.)
Setting 1

Setting 2

Setting 3

Check Box #2 [15]: The submitted graphs are checked.

(2) Discuss how your results have confirmed or contradicted the linear relationship between
and as in Eq. (8), which you have shown in Pre-lab. [5]

Answer:

(3) Use the data in Table R4 and Eq. (8) in Manual to compute the launch speed for Part II
experiment, and calculate the percentage difference from the launch speed obtained in
Part I (Table R3). Fill in Table R5 below. [6]
Table R5 (Express answers to 3 sig. figs.)
Setting 1 Setting 2 Setting 3
( )
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(4) Discuss how the launch speeds obtained in both experiments have agreed or disagreed with
each other. What are possible reasons for the difference between them? [5]

Answer:

(5) Have your data in Table R2 confirmed or contradicted the statement that two launch angles
and have the same ? How do you explain it? [5]

Answer: