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This experiment consists of a dart being fired out of a blowgun and the
muzzle velocity of the dart being calculated. A laser is aligned down the
tube so that a mark can be made on a wooden target, the distance from the
blowgun to the target is measured, and the dart is fired. The dart sticks
in the wood target and the distance it lands below the point where the
laser was aligned is measured. Using the vertical drop of the dart and
the horizontal travel distance the velocity of the dart can be calculated.
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