Pennsylvania State University

PHYS 211

Name: This activity consists of four parts. Part one: Ball lunched horizontally from height h. Part two: Ball lunched at an angle with horizontal (investigate v, a, and F). Part three: Ball lunched by an angle with horizontal (measure vx at different positions throughout the object flight) Part four: Initial velocity and the range of a projectile. To be familiar with projectile motion, change projection angle, initial velocity, the distance traveled the components of the velocity and acceleration, and the range of the projectile Using Phet simulation kindly, open the following link and play with it. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/projectile-motion/latest/projectile-motion_en.html Part I Objectives: In this part, you are going to show that the time of flight of a ball launched horizontally is independent of its initial speed. Theory: A ball which is launched horizontally (vertical component of its velocity = 0) off a table from a height (h) takes the same amount of time (t) to reach the ground as a ball that drops from rest at the same he