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LAB REPORT

Projectile motion
Data and Analysis
Table 1:Dropping of a ball through a tube while exposed to a strobe light with a flash rate of 2000
flashes/minute.

Time(s) Position (pix) Position(cm) Velocity(cm/s) Acceleration(cm/s^2)

x y x y vx vy ax ay

0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 51.2195 92.6829 162.6016 -975.6099

0.0300 42.0000 76.0000 1.5366 2.7805 56.0976 63.4146 -121.951 -1056.910


2 7

0.0600 88.0000 128.0000 3.2195 4.6829 52.4390 31.7073 -40.6504 -975.6099

0.0900 131.0000 154.0000 4.7927 5.6341 51.2195 2.4390 40.6504 -934.9595

0.1200 173.0000 156.0000 6.3293 5.7073 52.4390 -25.6098 -40.6504 -1219.512


3

0.1500 216.0000 135.0000 7.9024 4.9390 51.2195 -62.1951 0.0000 -934.9595

0.1800 258.0000 84.0000 9.4390 3.0732 51.2195 -90.2439 -40.6504 -1016.260


3

0.2100 300.0000 10.0000 10.9756 0.3659 50.0000 -120.7317 0.0000 -1056.910


7

0.2400 341.0000 -89.0000 12.4756 -3.2561 50.0000 -152.4390

0.2700 382.0000 -214.0000 13.9756 -7.8293

The time column represents the change in time between two flashes of the strobe light. We
calculated this value by using the equation:

1
The position (pix) data columns, (x,y), represent the coordinates given by the falling ball’s strobe
photograph.

Figure 1. Horizontal position vs. elapsed time, and vertical position vs. elapsed time of the metal ball

2
Figure 2. Horizontal velocity vs. elapsed time, and vertical velocity vs. elapsed time of the metal ball. By
using linear regression, we found the slope of vx= -14.23cm/s and the slope of vy= -1023cm/s.

Figure 3. The horizontal acceleration vs. elapsed time and vertical acceleration vs. elapsed time of the
metal ball.

The percentage difference is defined as,

%difference = (|actual - measured| / actual) x 100

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