Lab 2 - Projectile Motion

AP Lab 2 – Projectile Motion.

Your Task:

First derive an equation for the range of a projectile based on the launch angle and the initial velocity.

Then determine the initial velocity produced by a projectile launcher by gathering data about the launch angle and range, graphing them, transforming the graph to make it linear and then interpreting the slope of the graph.  While not easy, this is your task.  A final part of the task is to qualitatively describe how air resistance affected your results and based on that how do you get the greatest range when there is air resistance.  

1. Derive an equation for  R(θ, v)
2. Find  a way to manipulate your axes so that a graph with axes based on θ and R should produce a linear graph, the slope of which will allow you to determine v0.
3. Collect enough good data, that you can determine v0 within a tolerable range.
4. Graph and analyze your data, looking for v0 and a description of the effects of air resistance.

As before copy the questions from the link below to your lab document and answer the questions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzXZZQAA-xAqU-zDM0WbjdqM6kjIlm_hUAkllqm9K-A/edit?usp=sharing