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Archit Agarwal

Mrs. Hephzibah Leo

Physics- PHL

18/10/18

Projectile Motion Lab

Aim of the experiment-

To find the relation between the vertical height and the range of the ball.

Hypothesis:

If the vertical height of the slope from which the ball is dropped increases then the horizontal

displacement of the ball also increases as the ball gains more velocity, causing more horizontal

displacement.

Variables
Independent Height As we change the vertical height from
which the ball starts to roll
Dependent Range As the Range increases as the height
increases, it is dependent on the height
Controlled mass of the ball If the mass would change it would make an
unfair experiments and there will not be
accurate results.
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Data Collection and Processing-

Table 1.0- height vs Range, time on slope, and flight time

Range/cm (±0.05 cm) Time on slope/s (±0.1s) Flight time/s (±0.1s)
Height/cm Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
05.7 24 26 26 3.7 3.61 3.87 0.5 0.51 0.48
07.9 33 34 33.2 3.24 3.21 3.28 0.44 0.43 0.38
09.8 39 38 39 2.34 2.75 2.4 0.4 0.35 0.38
11.7 43 44 43 2.23 2.3 2.4 0.33 0.32 0.35
13.1 46 47 46 2.21 2.2 2.17 0.3 0.29 0.31

Table 2.0- Height vs average range and, time on slope, and flight time

Height/Cm Range uncertainty/cm Slope time uncertainty/s flight time uncertainty/s

Average/cm average/s average/s
05.7 25 2 3.73 0.26 0.50 0.03
07.9 33 1 3.24 0.07 0.42 0.06
09.8 39 1 2.50 0.41 0.38 0.05
11.7 43 1 2.31 0.17 0.33 0.03
13.1 46 1 2.19 0.04 0.30 0.02
Workings:

 Average range

o sum of the ranges/number of ranges

o (24+26+26)/3

o = 25 cm

 Uncertainty

o Maximum range – minimum range

o 26-24

o 2 cm
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Graph- Height Vs Range

Range Vs Height
50
45
40
35
Range/ cm

30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Height/cm

Table 2.1- range2 vs height

Height/Cm Range Range2 Range2
Avg./cm uncertainty
5.7 25 625 100
7.9 33 1089 66
9.8 39 1521 78
11.7 43 1849 86
13.1 46 2116 92
Range2 = 2* del range * range
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Graph- Height Vs Range2

Range2 vs Height
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
Range2

1500
1000
500
0
-5 -500 0 5 10 15 20 25

-1000
Height

Conclusion from the graph

The first graph shows the relation between Height and range which was not linear as all the

points are not on the line of best fit and neither does it pass through the origin, however the

second graph in which we squared the range vs height we got a linear graph but it still did not

pass through the origin, maybe due to some errors.

Conclusion and Evaluation

As my aim was “To find the relation between the vertical height and the range of the ball”, we

found out the relation to be that the square of range is directly proportional to the height of

incline. (R2 H) where R= range and H= height. Also, my hypothesis was “If the vertical height

of the slope from which the ball is dropped increases then the horizontal displacement of the ball

also increases as the ball gains more velocity, causing more horizontal displacement”, and this

was proven to be true as when we increased the incline height the range also increased, as shown

in the graph.
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Limitation/precaution and suggestion for improvement.

There could be many errors in the experiment as this was mostly conducted manually, there

could be random errors in the readings, there could be systematic error as the stopwatch might

not be working properly, or there could be parallax error, as we might have read the wrong

readings or we could have