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(a) Basketball: Design a basketball hoop and shoot a basket. Change the velocity of the ball or the elasticity of the backboard to sink the shot in order to make the basket. Include a printout printout showing that you made the basket.
(b) Shooting gallery: A target is dropped the instant a gun is fired.
Should the marksman aim at the target, above the target, or below the
target in order to intercept it as it falls? Design an experiment that
answers this question. With tracking and component vectors on, run
the experiment, and stop it at the moment the projectile intercepts
the target.
Include a printout of this actual collision.
(c) Falling Objects Galielo said that objects accelerate to the earth at the same rate, regardless of mass. Design an experiment to test this. Compare the velocity of impact of these objects with the velocity of similar objects dropped from the same height on the moon. Report your findings.
(d) Factors affecting the period of a pendulum. Is the period of a
pendulum dependent upon its length, mass, or both? Design an experiment
to answer
this question. Compare your results with real pendulums in the labs.
Include a printout of your experimental design.
(e) Simple Harmonic motion. Do a pendulum or a spring exhibit simple
harmonic motion? Graph the velocity (vx or vy) or position (x or
y) or a pendulum to find out.
(f) Velocity and acceleration: Design an experiment that monitors
the vertical position, velocity, and acceleration of a projectile.
Include
a printout similar to the figure below. What is the relationship
between velocity, and acceleration?
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