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Projectile Motion Lab Report

This lab experiment investigated projectile motion by observing the horizontal range, maximum height, and time of flight over five trials. The results showed a linear relationship between initial horizontal velocity and horizontal range. The measured slope of 0.3993 was approximately equal to the expected slope value of 0.3918, with a percent error of only 1.9%. Therefore, the experiment supported that the horizontal and vertical components of projectile motion are independent.

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Projectile Motion Lab Report

This lab experiment investigated projectile motion by observing the horizontal range, maximum height, and time of flight over five trials. The results showed a linear relationship between initial horizontal velocity and horizontal range. The measured slope of 0.3993 was approximately equal to the expected slope value of 0.3918, with a percent error of only 1.9%. Therefore, the experiment supported that the horizontal and vertical components of projectile motion are independent.

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PROJECTILE MOTION

Name: Olivia

Class: Physics Honors A2


Introduction

This lab was performed to investigate the kinetics of two-dimensional projectile

motion in Earth’s gravitational field, ignoring the impact of air resistance. The

main purpose of this experiment is to observe five different trials and gain an

understanding of horizontal range, maximum height, and time of flight.


Results

Trials Initial Horizontal Velocity (m/s) Horizontal Range (m)


1 0.239 0.095
2 0.461 0.177
3 0.758 0.292
4 1.002 0.393
5 1.307 0.525
Table 1. Observation table

Height of the table: 0.915 m


Calculation

The linear regression below shows each trial with its horizontal range and initial

horizontal velocity.

The equation for the line of best fit: y = 0.4024x - 0.0067

The line of best fit was automatically given when the linear regression above

was designed.

The best fit line on the graph above went through two points (0.461, 0.177) of

trial 2 and (1.002, 0.393) of trial 4

y ₂− y ₁ 0.393−0.177
The slope is calculated by m = x ₂−x ₁ = 1.002−0.461 ≃ 0.3993
Trials Initial Horizontal Horizontal Range Time of flight (s)
Velocity (m/s) (m)
1 0.239 0.095 0.397
2 0.461 0.177 0.384
3 0.758 0.292 0.385
4 1.002 0.393 0.392
5 1.307 0.525 0.401
Table 2. Calculating the experimental time of each trial

Horizontal Range R
Time of experiment = Initial Horizontal Velocity = v

0.397+0.384+ 0.385+0.392+0.401
The expected value of the slope = 5
= 0.3918

The expected value of the slope should be is the average of the experiment time

of five trials, and it is equal to 0.3918 while the measured slope is 0.3993. Both

calculations approximately give the same number.

Measured value−Expected value 0.3993−0.3918


% Error = ¿ Expected value
∨¿x 100 = ¿
0.3918
∨¿ x 100 =

1.9%
Conclusion

This laboratory activity was organized to research two-dimensional motion and

answer the question: “Does motion along one dimension affect motion along

another dimension?” The horizontal and vertical components are independent of

each other. Any motion in the horizontal direction does not affect the motion in

the vertical direction. The data of horizontal range and initial velocity analyzed

the time of flights of five trials experimented. The calculation on five

examinations was approximate value, but give a slight error of 1.9%, comparing

with the expected value. The source of error was calculating slope by two points

of trials 2 and 4 since trial 4 did not exactly lie on the best fit line.

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