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Projectile Motion SAMPLE Lab Purpose: To Determine What Launch Angle Gives The Greatest Distance When A Projectile Is

1) The purpose of the projectile motion lab is to determine the launch angle that results in the greatest horizontal distance when launching a projectile over a cliff. 2) Theoretical analysis shows that for level ground, the maximum distance occurs at a launch angle of 45 degrees. The lab will test if this is still true when there is a vertical displacement over a cliff. 3) The method involves using a program to simulate different launch angles from the cliff edge and measuring the resulting horizontal distances to find the angle that gives the maximum distance.

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Projectile Motion SAMPLE Lab Purpose: To Determine What Launch Angle Gives The Greatest Distance When A Projectile Is

1) The purpose of the projectile motion lab is to determine the launch angle that results in the greatest horizontal distance when launching a projectile over a cliff. 2) Theoretical analysis shows that for level ground, the maximum distance occurs at a launch angle of 45 degrees. The lab will test if this is still true when there is a vertical displacement over a cliff. 3) The method involves using a program to simulate different launch angles from the cliff edge and measuring the resulting horizontal distances to find the angle that gives the maximum distance.

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Projectile Motion SAMPLE Lab

Purpose: To determine what launch angle gives the greatest distance when a projectile is
launched over a cliff.

Theory: When a projectile is launched over a level plane, the horizontal range is given
by

2
1
1
sin2
v
x
g
where v is the initial speed
and is the launch angle

=

Analysis of the above equation shows that the greatest x value is obtained at a
launch angle of 45
0
. To determine if this is still true when the vertical
displacement is not zero, different angles will be tried over a cliff edge.
Method:
1. Start the PROJ ECTL program. Press <PRGM>and select PROJ ECTL off
the menu. Your screen will display prgmPROJ ECTL. Press
<ENTER>.
2. At the welcome screen that appears, press <ENTER>again.
3. Select Set cliff from the main menu and then Set cliff hght from the
following menu. Enter a value of -100 m for the cliff height. The
negative means the net displacement in the Y direction will be
downwards.
4. Select Set cliff dist from the cliff menu. Enter a value of 0 (zero). This
will place the launcher right at the edge of the cliff. Select Return to
main to return to the main menu.
5. Select Set init vel from the main menu. For speed, enter 30 m/s and for
angle start by entering 0.
6. Select Fix Window from the main window and set the following values:
Xmin =-20
Xmax =180
Ymin =-120
Ymax =50
7. Select Run Simulation from the main menu. The path is plotted on the
screen. When the plot is complete you can use the left and right arrow
keys to move the cursor along the curve and read the values. To find the
horizontal distance travelled, press <ENTER>and read it off the next
screen.
8. Record the angle and horizontal distance values. Analyze these values as
instructed by your teacher to determine the angle at which the maximum
distance occurs.

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