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Torsion:
A military weapon used in the middle ages
Horses were used to pull it back in order to apply more tension giving it
more power

Counter Weight Catapult:

Use to fire missiles
Uses counter weight to swing it’s arm
Hang-Time Poster
Aitana Camponovo and Amal Buba
Washington Latin Public CHarter School
5200 2nd St NW, Washington, DC 20011

Figure 1:
Introduction: Amal jumping up.
y2=y1+v1t-1/2gt^2
We followed domain 5 by using the FIgure 2
correct equations for the given Aitana measuring the
distance between what
situation, as well as domain 1
Amal just jumped and
because we had a clear the piece of tape that
understanding of the objective. was put to mark her
height.

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Objective: Conclusion:
Accurately calculate hang-time for Using the equation y2=y1+v1t-1/2gt^2
members of the group. Data and Analysis: both Aitana and Amal got the same
Length measured between both pieces of hang time as well as measurements in
Materials tape (standing distance and jumping this experiment: 0.26 seconds, 9cm.
Tape distance): 9cm Aitana’s measurement may have been
Ruler inaccurate because she is a few
Arms y2=y1+v1t-1/2gt^2 centimeters taller than Amal, so it
Phone camera: -y1=1/2gt^2 would not have made sense for them
-2y/-g=t^2 to have both started at and then
V2y1/g=t jumped and reached at the same
V2(0.08)/9.8= .13 height. If we were to do this experiment
.13(2)= 0.26s again, next time we would pay more
attention on how carefully we measure
Amal and Aitana’s Hangtime: 0.26 the walls and how the distance
seconds between the two pieces of tape differ.
World Record Hangtime: 1 second