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LAB REPORT

Thannalin Patthanapan
Pornnatcha Petchdee
Kongpop Moon-UT
Jessica Rujipatanakul
Supanut Sriburachai GROUP 3

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G.11 2019
MS. SUSANA
ALLULOD
PROJECTILE MOTION

introduction

Projectile motion is a form of

motion experienced by an object or
particle that is thrown near the Earth's
surface and moves along a curved path
under the action of gravity only. This
curved path was shown by Galileo to be
a parabola. In this lab report will discuss
an experiment that studies about the
projectile motion to create a projectile
to test if increasing the initial angle of
an object(marble) would increase the
total displacement of the object. By
using the carbon paper to accurately Objective
measure where the projectile landed.
The pressure and height were The main objective is to find the initial

attempted to be kept constant velocity of the metal ball when shot from

throughout the experiment. verniers launcher at different angles by

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calculating using the range measure after
each launch and height of r the launcher. The
distance of the ball will o
be measured using
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ink paper to mark the landing point of the
ball. The angle we use toe experiment on is
c launch angle will
20, 30, 45, 60, and 70. Each
have three attempts for tthe most accurate
i information then
results in given time. the
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used in the formula to findl initial velocity. So,
the purpose of the experiment
e is to show
how angle can affect velocity
m and distance
the object can cover with
o the same applied
force and how each anglet of launch related
to each other. i
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MATERIALS

Pen/Pencil

Metal Ball

Carbon Tape

Vernier
Launcher Measuring Tape
SET UP
 PROCEDURE
Part A: Determine initial velocity of a projectile

1. Check the leveling and set launcher at horizon (0° angle). Use

low pressure possible (50 - 70 psi) and keep it constant

throughout the experiment. Note and record the pressure. No

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2. Insert a metal ball into the launcher then pump in the air using

a hand pump to the desired pressure. Press and hold "arm''

button then press "Launch" to fire the ball. !!Make sure no one

is in the firing range!! Note the approximate spot where the

ball hit the table by putting a masking tape on the said spot.

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3. Measure the height of the launching ball (from table to middle

of firing rod) no

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4. Reload and Launch the ball for 3 t8mes, measure the distance

from the middle launcher to landing spot. (When the ball hit

the masking tape, it will leave a black spot) !!Label each spot

every time you shoot!!

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5. Record the distance and calculate initial velocity using table

below.

Part B: Range VS. Angle of projectile

Using same pressure from Part A

1. Fire the projectile at the angles of 20°, 30°, 45°, 60°and 70°

(3 trails for each)

2. Record the length (range) of landing spot (label each spot

before you launch new trials)

3. From the length (range) measured at various angles, determine

the angle of maximum range and highlight it in data table.

Data and Result :

Part 1

Part 2
Calculation
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ANALYSIS AND
RESULTS:
 PROJECTILE MOTION A+

Conclusion

In this experiment, we can conclude

that a projectile motion’s velocity could be
found using height and distance. For this
experiment with the height of 14.6
centimeters and approximately 75
centimeters range, the initial velocity is
436.32 centimeters per second.
Projectiles with different angles of trajectory
would have different ranges. The angle of
the maximum range is 45 degrees and the
range keeps decreasing as we increase or
decrease the angle. We also found out that
angle X and angle 90-X have almost the
same range.

Recommendation

The measurement of the range may not

be accurate because we measured the range
from the side of the machine along with the
side of the paper. However, there are
possibilities that the machine may not be
aiming exactly and cause it to create some
errors during the measurement

Referrences
Work Log