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LAB#: 2

TITLE: Projectile Motion

AIM: To determine the initial velocity and the launch angle of a projectile.

APPARATUS: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/projectile-motion/latest/projectile-
motion_en.html

THEORY: Projectile motion is the motion of an object upon by gravity only. The velocity in
the horizontal direction is constant but in the vertical direction is increasing uniformly, for a
projectile launched from a height (y) and an angle Ø respect to the horizontal is given by the
formula

can be derived

VARIABLES:

Manipulated: height of platform

Responding: horizontal distance of the cannonball.
Controlled: cannonball and angle of declination
 METHOD

1. Click on the link to launch the simulation

2. Adjust the platform with the cannon to a height of 15m.

3. Set the cannon to an angle of 10o below the horizontal.

4. Launch the cannonball.

5. Use the measuring tape to measure and record the horizontal distance of the
cannonball.

6. Adjust the platform to obtain 5 additional readings.

7. Plot a graph using the equation:

RESULTS:

TABLE SHOWING ___________________________________________________

Vertical Height (y) Horizontal Horizontal Average horizontal

distance ( X1) distance (X2) distance X
CALCULATIONS:

1. Calculate the gradient of the graph.

2. Determine the y intercept
3. Determine the value of θ and the value of Vo from

DISCUSSION:

PRECAUTION:

SOURCEOF ERROR:

CONCLUSION: