Trajectories

Purpose: 

The Purpose of this lab is to find the distance that a metal ball will fall on an inclined plane falling also from a higher height. 

How to do: 

1)We must first now take the ball and roll it off the incline on top of the table and mark where it hits on the floor. It should hit the same spot and be marked by a piece of carbon paper. 

2)Now the height must be determined when it is launched, and far it lands from the table. Once you get these values, you can calculate the speed of the ball as it is launched.

3) Then we must place a board inclined on the table, creating an angle theta. Then we must calculate the distance that the ball will fall on the lower incline after it rolls off the upper incline and the table.

4) Now we roll the ball again and put something heavy next to the inclined board so it will not fall and we attach carbon paper to the inclined plane where we think the ball will hit. Then we roll the ball five times to get the distance of where the ball lands on the inclined plane. Make sure the angle is calculated and the board is placed accordingly.

Conclusion: We have calculated how far the ball would fall both by deriving an expression and by performing the experiment multiple times to get an accurate answer.