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Investigatory Project

This document outlines an experiment to investigate the effect of launch angle on the horizontal range of a projectile. It describes the materials needed, the theory behind how launch angle affects range, the procedures for launching projectiles at various angles and measuring the distances, and the results which found that angles of 45 and 60 degrees produced the greatest ranges compared to lower and higher angles. It concludes that the hypothesis that launch angle impacts range was supported.

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Investigatory Project

This document outlines an experiment to investigate the effect of launch angle on the horizontal range of a projectile. It describes the materials needed, the theory behind how launch angle affects range, the procedures for launching projectiles at various angles and measuring the distances, and the results which found that angles of 45 and 60 degrees produced the greatest ranges compared to lower and higher angles. It concludes that the hypothesis that launch angle impacts range was supported.

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11/19/2018 INVESTIGATORY

PROJECT
PHY

Vishesh Shukla
AIM
In this experiment we
are looking at the
effect of
the launch angle on the
distance (range) of the
projectile.
MATERIAL

 Metric Ruler

 Projectile

 Launcher
THEORY
The horizontal distances between point
of projection and point of return,
covered by the projectile during its
flight, is called its horizontal range. It is
represented by the symbol R.
If the water jet leaves the nozzle with a
velocity U at an angle 0 with horizontal,
then the
DIAGRAM
PROCEDURE
1) Shoot your projectile in the horizontal
direction only 0°.
2) Find the initial velocity of your
projectile launcher by calculating the time
it takes to hit the ground from a known
height and then measuring the range.

3) Repeat these 3 times and take average.

4) Launch the projectile at several different


angles to determine the effect the launch
angle has on the maximum range of a
projectile.
5) Use the angles 30°, 45°, 60°and at least
2 other angles of your own choosing.

6) Take at least 3 data points of each angle.


RESULTS
The trends that are evident in
the experiment after doing
many trials for the different
trajectories are that the
central degrees had a greater
range than the angles closer to
90 degrees or zero. The two
farthest ranges came from the
45 degree and 60-degree angle
launch. This tells us that the
angles do affect the range of a
launched projectile even though
gravity pulls on them at the
same force.
CONCLUSION
The hypothesis was supported by the
data. The changing of the launch angle
will have an effect on the
range of the projectile. Possible errors
could have been calculating the
distance where the projectile first
landed back to the source of launch.
Another possible error could have been
the launching force, it was not as
constant and therefore making the
launch as constant as possible with the
same force could have helped us
determine range easier. The exact range
was not possible to obtain and that
might have caused an error towards
calculating the distance that the
projectile had travelled.

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