This experiment uses a cart rolling on a track and as the cart passes atrip gate, a ball is fired 50 cm vertically in the air and then recaptured in the moving cart. This demonstrates the independence of vertical and horizontal velocities in projectile motion. |
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Pasco Cart Track | Pasco Cart | Pasco Ballistic Cart Apparatus | ||
Nylon Ball | ||||