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This week in advanced physics we had a challenge from our teacher. We were studying projectile motion and how an object acts when shot under a certain set of restraints (e.g., launch angle and initial velocity). Mr. Kernohan, our teacher, challenged us to make a path of rings in the air through which he could shoot a metal ball. The challenging part was to complete his task while knowing only the angle the cannon was going to be shot at and observing one shot of the cannon when set at 0 degrees. It seemed improbable, but our class accepted the challenge. By measuring the distance the ball traveled when the cannon was shot at 0 degrees, we calculated the initial velocity the cannon was firing at using some kinematic equations we are studying. From there, we determined the function used to model the ball’s flight when launched from the given angle. We learned that vertical and horizontal motion are independent of each other and thus it was only relevant to use the vertical component of the cannon’s initial velocity when writing the equation for the projectiles height as a function of time. We then paired up and set a ring a given distance away from the cannon and watched as our teacher fired the cannon…
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