C2-28: TRAJECTORY OF BALL DROPPED BY WALKER

ID Code: C2-28
Purpose: Demonstrate the independence of horizontal and vertical components of motion
Description: The subject walks along a line with his/her arm straight out holding a ball. As the subject passes a bucket, where must she/he release the ball so that it will fall into the bucket?
Availability: Available

See the Physics Question of the Week for 4/27/2015 for an example of how this demonstration can be used in class interaction and discussion: lecdem.physics.umd.edu/question-of-the-week-archive.html