DISCUSSION OF RESULTS:

A. DETERMINING THE ORIGINAL SPEED OF AN OBJECT LAUNCHED

HORIZONTALLY

AFTER SETTING PROPERLY THE PROJECTILE LAUNCHER ON THE TOP OF

THE TABLE, WE MEASURED FIRST THE VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT “Y” FROM
THE CROSS HAIR DOWN TO THE POINT A (POINT DIRECTLY BENEATH THE
CROSSHAIR). NEXT, WE INSERTED THE PLASTIC BALL INSIDE THE
LAUNCHER AND SET THE SYSTEM TO “MEDIUM RANGE” USING THE
RAMROD. AFTER EJECTING THE BALL, WE PLACED THE WHITE PAPER
TOGETHER WITH THE CARBON PAPER TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE BALL
LANDED. WE PERFORMED 5 CONSECUTIVE TRIALS AND MARKED THEIR
RESPECTIVE LANDING POINTS IN THE WHITE PAPER. WE MEASURED THE
HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT “X” FROM THE POINT A TO THE LANDING
POINT USING THE STEEL TAPE MEASURE.

WE CALCULATED THE TIME OF FLIGHT IN EACH TRIAL USING THE

FORMULA:
t = (2y/g)1/2 WHERE g=980cm/s2

WE ALSO CALCULATED THE ORIGINAL SPEED, v0 USING THE FORMULA:

v0 = x / cos∅ .t WHERE ∅ 0 = 0

WE FOUND OUT THAT THE HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT IS DIRECTLY

PROPORTIONAL TO THE ORIGINAL SPEED, WHICH ACTUALLY VERIFIES
THAT THE BALL CONTINUOUSLY MOVING HORIZONTALLY ALTHOUGH IT IS
AFFECTED BY THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE WHICH RESULTED TO ITS
PARABOLIC PATH (TRAJECTORY).

THE OBJECT IN PROJECTILE MOTION MOVES HORIZONTALLY AT A

CONSTANT RATE. THE HORIZONTAL COMPONENT OF THE FINAL VELOCITY
IS ALWAYS EQUAL TO THE HORIZONTAL COMPONENT OF THE ORIGINAL
 VELOCITY AT ANY POINT IN THE TRAJECTORY AND IS EVIDENT WITH THE
RESULT OF 5.1123m/s AS THE CONSTANT VELOCITY.

B. MEASURING THE RANGE N A PROJECTILE HORIZONTALLY

FROM OUR OBSERVATIONS, AS YOU INCREASE THE ANGLE OF ELEVATION

OF THE TRAJECTORY, THE GREATER IS ITS HORIZONTAL RANGE. THE
INCREASE IN MAGNITUDE BECOMES STABLE AS THE DEGREE REACHES 45˚
TO 55˚ FROM OUR MANIPULATION OF THEORETICAL DATA:

Ymax = (Vo*sin2∅ )2/2g ; g=9.8m/s2; Vo=5.1123m/s

IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE AS THE ANGLE CONTINUES TO APPROACH 90˚, IT

WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS FREE FALL WHEREIN WE DON’T HAVE INITIAL
HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENT BUT ONLY VERTICAL WHICH ALSO REFLECTS
ON THE VALUES OF SINE AS IT APPROACH THE LIMIT 90˚. AS FOR THE
LESSER MAGNITUDE IN THE LOWER DEGREES, IT ONLY COVERED A SMALL
AMOUNT OF DISTANCE. IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE OF THE HORIZONTAL
VELOCITY WHICH IS CONSTANT, LOWER ELEVATION & ACCELERATION DUE
TO GRAVITY. SINCE HORIZONTAL VELOCITY IS CONSTANT, IT MAKES IT
POSSIBLE FOR THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY TO APPLY ITS
PURPOSE & THAT IS TO PULL THE MOVING OBJECT DOWN AT A
CONSTANT ACCELERATION. THIS IS ALSO ACHIEVABLE BECAUSE OF A
LITTLE ELEVATION THAT MAKES THE YMAX & INITIAL Y VELOCITY LOWER
WHICH ENABLES THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY TO QUICKLY ASSIST
IT TO REACH ITS YMAX.

C. MEASURING THE RANGE IN A PROJECTILE VERTICALLY

OBVIOUSLY, AS WE INCREASE THE DEGREE OF SINE, THE HIGHER THE
VALUE WE WILL GET AS IT REACH 90˚. IT IS ALSO EVIDENT BECAUSE IN
ORDER FOR YOU TO ATTAIN A HIGHER REACH OR HEIGHT, YOU NEED TO
INCREASE ITS ELEVATION. THE MAX VERTICAL RANGE ALSO BECOMES
ACHIEVABLE IF & ONLY IF THE VERTICAL COMPONENT Vy IS ALREADY
ZERO. IT MEANS THAT IT REACHED ITS PEAK AS IT MOVED UPWARD. WHEN
WE TALK OF FIGURES RELATED TO THIS, ONE WOULD BE PARABOLA
BECAUSE IT IS ON THE SECOND DEGREE MEANING THAT THE GRAPH OF
MOTION IS A CURVE. YMAX WOULD BE THE VERTEX OF THE PARABOLA
WHICH INDICATES THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE PATH OF TRAJECTORY.