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====== Twin Projectiles ======

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===== Description =====

Show that vertical motion is independent of horizontal motion.    Classes Used: Phys 102


projectile motion   Updated on: 06/13/13



===== Purpose =====


  * To demonstrate a collision which is almost perfectly elastic.
  
  * To show that the vertical motion of falling bodies is independent of their initial horizontal motion.
  

===== Apparatus =====


2 steel balls (near identical), ramp  



===== Setup =====


Release the sphere down the ramp to strike the stationary sphere located on the curved arm over the table's edge. The elastic collision stops the moving sphere which drops vertically. The two spheres should strike the floor simultaneously.  



===== Notes =====



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| **Current State** | Working |
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